Mohammad Farhadi

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Mohammad Farhadi
Minister of Science
In office 26 November 2014 – 20 August 2017
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Reza Farajidana
Succeeded by	Mansour Gholami
In office 28 October 1985 – 29 August 1989
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Iradj Fazel
Succeeded by	Mostafa Moeen
Minister of Health
In office 20 August 1997 – 22 August 2001
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Alireza Marandi
Succeeded by	Masoud Pezeshkian
Personal details
Born	(1949-01-01) 1 January 1949 (age 75) Shahroud, Iran
Political party	Islamic Association of Iranian Medical Society[1]
Alma mater	Mashhad University

Mohammad Farhadi (Persian: محمد فرهادی, born 1 January 1949) is an Iranian physician, politician and former Minister of Science, a position he held from 26 November 2014 until 20 August 2017. He was previously President of the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2013 to 2014, Minister of Health from 1997 to 2001 in the first cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami, Minister of Culture and Higher Education from 1985 to 1989 in the second cabinet of Mir-Hossein Mousavi and President of the University of Tehran in 1985. He was also Vice President of the Red Crescent Society of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the first years of 1980's.