Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi

Abbas Akhoundi
2nd Minister of Roads and Urban Development
In office
15 August 2013 – 20 October 2018
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byAli Nikzad
Succeeded byMohammad Eslami
13th Minister of Housing
In office
16 August 1993 – 20 August 1997
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded bySerajedin Kazerooni
Succeeded byAli Abdolalizadeh
Personal details
Born (1957-06-06) 6 June 1957 (age 67)
Najaf, Iraq
NationalityIranian
SpouseBano Rasoli Mahalati[1]
Children3[2]
RelativesAli Akbar Nategh-Nouri (brother-in-law)
Mohammad-Ali Shahidi (brother-in-law)
Alma materRoyal Holloway, University of London (PhD)[3]
Tehran University
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Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi (Persian: عباس آخوندی, born 6 June 1957) is an Iranian politician and academic and former Minister of Roads and Urban Development, from 2013 to 2018. In 1993, Akhoundi became the Minister of Housing and Urban Development,[4] making him one of the youngest ministers in Iran's modern history until Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi's appointment in 2017.

  1. ^ سهامی باجناق های ناطق نوری در دولت روحانی تکمیل شد
  2. ^ "رزومه ارائه شده وزیر پیشنهادی راه و شهرسازی به مجلس". Archived from the original on 2016-11-05. Retrieved 2016-07-05.
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  4. ^ "وزارت راه و شهرسازي". Archived from the original on 2012-06-06. Retrieved 2012-06-11.