Parviz Davoodi
{{Short description|Iranian politician (1952–2024)}}
{{Expand Farsi|پرویز داودی|date=April 2024}}
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{{Infobox Officeholder
| name = Parviz Davoodi
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| caption = Davoodi in 2009
| office = Member of Expediency Discernment Council
| term_start = 27 February 2007
| term_end = 18 April 2024
| appointer = Ali Khamenei
| 1blankname = Chairman
| 1namedata = Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting)
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani
| order1 = 3rd First Vice President of Iran
| term_start1 = 10 September 2005
| term_end1 = 17 July 2009
| president1 = Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
| predecessor1 = Mohammad Reza Aref
| successor1 = Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
| office2 = Head of National Elites Foundation
| term_start2 = October 2005
| term_end2 = 4 February 2007
| president2 = Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
| predecessor2 = Position established
| successor2 = Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh
| birth_date = 5 February{{fact|date=July 2024}} 1952
| death_date = 18 April 2024 (aged 72)
| death_place = Tehran, Iran
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| party = Nonpartisan
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| profession = Economist
| alma_mater = Iowa State University
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Parviz Davoodi ({{langx|fa|پرویز داودی}}; 5 February{{fact|date=July 2024}} 1952 – 18 April 2024) was an Iranian education and conservative politician who was the third first vice president from 2005 to 2009. He was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
Biography
Parviz Davoodi was born in Tehran, Iran. Davoodi graduated from Iowa State University (ISU) in 1981 with a Ph.D. in Economics.{{Cite news|url=http://www.iowastatedaily.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/local_news/doc4a39a20a66407831945758.txt|title=Vice President of Iran an Iowa State graduate|last=McChesney|first=Rashah|date=2009|work=Iowa State Daily|access-date=19 November 2018|language=en}}
Davoodi was also an economist at Shahid Beheshti University. Although Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was known to have conservative ideals, he taught liberal economic perspectives in his classrooms at Shahid Beheshti University. It is believed that his economic ideas were highly influenced by modern economic theory; he was for free markets and open economies.
Davoodi served as the First Vice President of Iran from 11 September 2005 to 17 July 2009. He often referred to President Ahmadinejad as the world's "bite-size leader against king-size Western corruption.".[http://www.lib.iastate.edu:81/ipac20/ipac.jsp?profile=parks&uri=link=3100014~!884509~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=basic_search&menu=search&ri=1&source=~!horizon&term=Davoodi%2C+Parviz.&index=PAUTH#focus ISU Dissertation] Davoodi was nominated in 2009 as the Director of the Presidential Center for Strategic Studies by Iranian President Ahmadinejad.{{cite web |url=http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=996073 |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012061726/http://www.mehrnews.com/en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=996073 |archive-date=12 October 2012 }}
Davoodi died in Tehran on 18 April 2024, at the age of 72.{{cite news |title=Former Iranian vice president Davoudi passes away at 72 |url=https://ifpnews.com/former-iranian-vice-president-davoudi-passes-away-72/ |access-date=18 April 2024 |publisher=Iran Front Page |date=18 April 2024}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{in lang|fa}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20061107100225/http://www.president.ir/farsi/ahmadinejad/cabinet/davodi.htm Biography]
- [http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/article_3b7390af-f841-5e65-b1ec-ca2ca3350eac.html Vice President of Iran an Iowa State graduate], Rashah McChesney, Iowa State Daily, 17 June 2009
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Category:Iowa State University alumni
Category:Politicians from Tehran
Category:First vice presidents of Iran
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