Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi
Marzieh Vahid-Dastjerdi | |
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| Head of National Population Foundation | |
| In office 7 December 2024 – Incumbent | |
| President | Masoud Pezeshkian |
| 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%) |
| 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 |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | Seifollah Vahid-Dastjerdi (father) |
| Relatives | Mohammad Esfahani (cousin) |
| 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. She was part of President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's inner circle.
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.