Davoud Danesh-Jafari

Davoud Danesh-Jafari
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 27 February 2007
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Chairman	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
Minister of Finance
In office 24 August 2005 – 2 April 2008
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Safdar Hosseini
Succeeded by	Shamseddin Hosseini Hossein Samsami (Acting)
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office 28 May 2004 – 12 August 2005
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
In office 28 May 1996 – 26 May 2000
Constituency	Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 69–70) Tehran, Iran
Political party	Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution[1]
Other political affiliations	Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran (2004)
Alma mater	NIT Srinagar University of Tehran Allameh Tabataba'i University
Military service
Allegiance	Iran
Branch/service	Jihad of Construction
Years of service	1980–1988
Unit	Combat engineering
Commands	Head of Combat engineering Logistics Headquarter
Battles/wars	Iran–Iraq War Operation Fath ol-Mobin Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh
Awards	Fath Medal (1982)

Davoud Danesh-Jafari (Persian: داود دانش‌جعفری) (born 1954) is an Iranian politician, economist and former combat engineer who previously served as minister of economy and finance affairs of Iran from 2005 to 2008. He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.