Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi | |
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| Minister of Health and Medical Education | |
| In office 3 September 2009 – 27 December 2012 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Kamran Bagheri Lankarani |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Tarighat Monfared |
| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
| In office 28 May 1992 – 28 May 2000 | |
| Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
| Majority | 588,036 (41.1%)[1] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 February 1959 Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Islamic Association of Physicians of Iran Zeynab Society |
| Other political affiliations | Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces |
| Spouse | Omid Nokhostin[2] |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Seifollah Vahid-Dastjerdi (father) |
| Relatives | Mohammad Esfahani (cousin)[3] |
| Alma mater | Tehran University of Medical Sciences (MD) |
| Occupation | Politician, Physician |
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Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi (Persian: مرضیه وحید دستجردی; born 11 February 1959) is an Iranian university professor and former parliamentarian, who was Iran's minister of health and medical education.[4] She was part of President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's inner circle.[5]
Vahid-Dastjerdi was the first female government minister in Iran since the 1979 Revolution. She is the third female government minister in Iranian history, after Farrokhroo Parsa and Mahnaz Afkhami.[6]
- ^ Profile
- ^ زندگی خصوصی وعمومی نخستین خانم وزیر
- ^ خانه / آخرین اخبار / محمد اصفهانی و مرضیه وحید دستجردی عزادار شدند محمد اصفهانی و مرضیه وحید دستجردی عزادار شدند
- ^ ماجرای برکناری اولین وزیر زن (in Persian)
- ^ Abdo, Geneive (29 July 2010). "Iran's Bubble Boys". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
- ^ The first woman minister in the Islamic Republic BBC, (in Persian), 3 September 2009