Ali-Akbar Parvaresh

Ali-Akbar Parvaresh
Minister of Education
In office
17 August 1981 – 14 August 1984
Prime MinisterMohammad-Javad Bahonar
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byMohammad-Javad Bahonar
Succeeded byKazem Akrami
First Deputy of the Parliament of Iran
In office
16 May 1980 – 9 August 1981
Preceded byOffice vacant
Succeeded byMohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1988 – 28 May 1996
ConstituencyIsfahan
Majority120,943 (38.1%)[1]
In office
5 May 1980 – 9 August 1981
ConstituencyIsfahan
Majority232,322 (71.7%)[2]
Member of Assembly of Experts for Constitution
In office
15 August 1979 – 15 November 1979
ConstituencyIsfahan Province
Majority710,726 (75.1%)
Personal details
Born1942 (1942)
Isfahan, Iran
Died27 December 2013(2013-12-27) (aged 70–71)
Isfahan, Iran
Political partyIslamic Coalition Party
Alma materUniversity of Isfahan
University of Tehran

Ali-Akbar Parvaresh (Persian: علی‌اکبر پرورش‎; 1942 – 27 December 2013) was an Iranian politician. He was Minister of Education from 1981 to 1985 and also a parliament member for three terms, first elected in 1980 and served again from 1988 to 1996. He was a presidential candidate twice, the first time in July 1981 election which he received 401,035 (2.8% of votes) and the second time in October 1981 election gained 341,841 (2.1%) and ranked second after Ali Khamenei. He was deputy to Secretary-General of Islamic Coalition Party until 2001.[3]