Reza Farajidana

Reza Faraji-Dana
Farajidana in 2013

Minister of Science, Research and Technology
In office 27 October 2013 – 20 August 2014
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Jafar Towfighi
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Ali Najafi
Personal details
Born	Reza Faraji-Dana (1960-10-27) 27 October 1960 Qom, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Islamic Association of Engineering Facaulty Graduates of University of Tehran^[1]
Alma mater	University of Tehran University of Waterloo
Occupation	Professor
Profession	Electrical Engineer
Cabinet	Rouhani Cabinet
Religion	Islam
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Iran
Service/branch	Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution
Years of service	1980–1982
Battles/wars	Iran-Iraq War

Reza Faraji-Dana (born 1960 in Qom) is a reformist Iranian politician and the former minister of Science, Research and Technology under President Hassan Rouhani. He served as president of University of Tehran, and as the former president of the Iranian branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.^[2]

Education and career

He studied electrical engineering at the University of Tehran, and at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He graduated with a Ph.D. degree from University of Waterloo in 1993.^[3] He is currently the professor of electrical engineering at the University of Tehran.^[4]

Dismissal

Iranian parliament dismissed him as Minister of Science on 20 August 2014. The conservative MPs accused him of permitting students involved in 2009–10 Iranian election protests to continue their education in public universities. He was also accused of appointing senior department heads from people who were involved in mass protests of 2009.^[5] Some of the PMs who voted for the dismissal of Farajidana were allegedly benefiting from unlawful scholarships in previous government and the list of those who granted unlawful scholarships has been revealed during the ministration of Farajidana.^[6]

References

↑ "List of Legally Registerred Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. July 30, 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
↑ http://www.alef.ir/vdcaiyn6u49no61.k5k4.html?194162
↑ "Type Approval Antenna Lab at UT".
↑ http://ece.ut.ac.ir/en/users/faraji
↑ "Iran's parliament dismisses Science Minister Faraji-Dana". BBC News.
↑ http://www.khabaronline.ir/detail/363298/society/education

Cabinet of President Hassan Rouhani (since 2013)

Cabinet

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Javad Zarif (2013–present)

Minister of Agriculture	Mahmoud Hojjati (2013–present)

Minister of Communications and IT	Mahmoud Vaezi (2013–present)

Minister of Cooperatives, Labour, and Social Welfare	Ali Rabiei (2013–present)

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance	Ali Jannati (2013–2016) Abbas Salehi* (2016) Reza Salehi Amiri (2016–present)

Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics	Hossein Dehghan (2013–present)

Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance	Ali Tayebnia (2013–present)

Minister of Education	Ali-Asghar Fani (2013–2016) Mohammad Bathaei* (2016) Fakhruddin Ahmadi Danesh-Ashtiani (2016–present)

Minister of Energy	Hamid Chitchian (2013–present)

Minister of Health and Medical Education	Hassan Hashemi (2013–present)

Minister of Industries, Mones and Business	Mohammadreza Nematzadeh (2013–present)

Minister of Intelligence	Mahmoud Alavi (2013–present)

Minister of Interior	Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli (2013–present)

Minister of Justice	Mostafa Pourmohammadi (2013–present)

Minister of Petroleum	Bijan Namdar Zanganeh (2013–present)

Minister of Transportation and Housing	Abbas Ahmad Akhondi (2013–present)

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports	Reza Salehi Amiri* (2013) Mohammad Shariatmadari* (2013) Mahmoud Goudarzi (2013–2016) Nasrollah Sajjadi* (2016) Masoud Soltanifar (2016–present)

Minister of Science, Research and Technology	Jafar Towfighi* (2013) Reza Farajidana (2013–2014) Mohammad-Ali Najafi* (2014) Mohammad Farhadi (2014–present)

Cabinet-level

First Vice President	Eshaq Jahangiri (2013–present)

Chief of Staff	Mohammad Nahavandian (2013–present)

Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization	Ali Akbar Salehi (2013–present)

Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization	Mohammad-Ali Najafi (2013–2014) Masoud Soltanifar (2014–2016) Zahra Ahmadipour (2016–present)

Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization	Masoumeh Ebtekar (2013–present)

Vice President and Head of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs	Mohammad-Ali Shahidi (2013–present)

Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation	Sorena Sattari (2013–present)

Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs	Majid Ansari (2013–2016) Hossein Ali Amiri (2016–present)

Vice President for Women and Family Affairs	Shahindokht Molaverdi (2013–present)

Vice President for Legal Affairs	Elham Aminzadeh (2013–2016) Majid Ansari (2016–present)

Vice President for Supervision and Strategic Affairs	Mohammad Bagher Nobakht (2013–present)

Vice President for Executive Affairs	Mohammad Shariatmadari (2013–present)

Vice President and Head of Administrative and Employment Affairs Organization	Jamshid Ansari (2016–present)

* Acting

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