Masoud Pezeshkian | |
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مسعود پزشکیان | |
President-elect of Iran | |
Assuming office 30 July 2024 | |
Vice President | TBD |
Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
Succeeding | Mohammad Mokhber (acting) |
Member of the Consultative Assembly | |
Assumed office 27 May 2008 | |
Constituency | Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr, (East Azerbaijan) |
Majority | 261,605 (36.27%) |
Minister of Health and Medical Education | |
In office 22 August 2001 – 24 August 2005 | |
President | Mohammad Khatami |
Preceded by | Mohammad Farhadi |
Succeeded by | Kamran Bagheri Lankarani |
Personal details | |
Born | Mahabad, Imperial State of Iran | 29 September 1954
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Reformists |
Spouse | widowed (1993) |
Children | 4[1] |
Alma mater | Tabriz University of Medical Sciences (MBBS) Iran University of Medical Sciences |
Profession | Heart surgeon |
Website | drpezeshkian |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Iran |
Branch/service | IRGC |
Battles/wars | Iran–Iraq War |
Masoud Pezeshkian (Persian: مسعود پزشکیان, pronounced [mæsʔˈuːd pezeʃkiːˈjɒːn]; born 29 September 1954) is an Iranian cardiac surgeon and reformist politician who is the president-elect of Iran.[2]
Earlier, Pezeshkian represented Tabriz, Osku and Azarshahr electoral district in the Parliament of Iran, and also served as its First Deputy Speaker from 2016 to 2020. He was Minister of Health and Medical Education between 2001 and 2005 in the Government of Mohammad Khatami.[3]
Pezeshkian was elected governor of Piranshahr and Naghadeh counties in West Azerbaijan province during the 1980s.[4] He ran in the 2013 presidential election, but withdrew. He ran again in the 2021 election, but was unsuccessful.[5]
For the 2024 election, Pezeshkian's candidacy was approved and on 5 July, he won the 2024 presidential election in a runoff with 54.76% of the popular vote.[6] He is set to be inaugurated as president on 30 July.[7] He will become the oldest person to take the office of President of Iran, at the age of 69 years.[8]
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