Fakhruddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani

{{Short description|Iranian politician and scholar}}

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| name = Fakhreddin Ahmadi-Danesh-Ashtiani

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| office = Minister of Education

| term_start = 1 November 2016

| term_end = 20 August 2017

| president = Hassan Rouhani

| predecessor = Ali-Asghar Fani

| successor = Mohammad Bathaei

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1955}}

| birth_place = Ashtian, Iran

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| alma_mater = Amirkabir University of Technology
Imperial College London

| nationality = Iranian

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| party = Islamic Iran Participation Front{{citation|url=http://al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/10/rouhani-cabinet-reshuffle-ministers-resign.html|title=The main reason Rouhani replaced three of his ministers|date=27 October 2016|access-date=7 December 2016|work=Al-Monitor|author=Ali Omidi}}

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Fakhreddin Ahmadi-Danesh-Ashtiani {{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xhg-vqcAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Fakhreddin Danesh}} (born 1955) is an Iranian politician and scholar and the former Minister of Education.

Being a graduate of Imperial College London,{{Cite thesis|url=http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243699|title=Seismic behaviour of steel frames with semi-rigid connections|year=1996|type=Ph.D|last1=Ahmadi Danesh Ashtiani|first1=Fakhreddin}} he is a Civil Engineering Professor at K. N. Toosi University of Technology[http://en.civil.kntu.ac.ir/ShowPage.aspx?page_=form&order=show&lang=2&sub=38&PageId=1285&codeV=1&tempname=Template121 Faculty of civil engineering] and fourth proposed minister of Ministry of Science, Research and Technology by Hassan Rouhani Government.{{cite web | url=http://irna.ir/en/News/2784149/ | title=New science minister nominee introduced to Majlis | date=11 November 2014 }} Before him, Rouhani had proposed Mahmoud Nili Ahmadabadi to the Iranian Parliament but he failed to get enough votes.{{Cite web|url=https://news.yahoo.com/iran-parliament-rejects-minister-fresh-blow-rouhani-103411762.html|title = Iran parliament rejects minister in fresh blow to Rouhani}}

He has served in different responsibilities including deputy of Planning and Development in Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.{{Cite web|url=http://en.mehrnews.com/detail/News/104588|title = New science minister nominee introduced to Majlis|date = 11 November 2014}} He was proposed as Minister of Education by President Rouhani on 23 October 2016 and was approved with 157 votes.