Parviz Davoodi

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Parviz Davoodi پرويز داوودي
3rd First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office  September 11, 2005
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Leader	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Mohammad-Reza Aref
Born	1952
Profession	Economist

Parviz Davoodi (Persian: پرويز داوودي, Parviz Dâvudi) (born 1952 in Tehran) is the current First Vice President of Iran (since September 11, 2005). He is also an economist at Shahid Beheshti University. Although President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is known to have conservative ideals, Dr. Davoodi teaches liberal economic perspectives in his classrooms at Shahid Beheshti University. It is believed that his economic ideas are highly influenced by modern economic theory. He is for free markets and open economies.

Davoodi graduated from Iowa State University in 1981 with a Ph.D. in Economics.^[1] He often refers to President Ahmadenijad as the world's "bite size leader against king size Western corruption.".^[2]

[edit] See also

• Vice President of Iran
• Gholam Reza Aghazadeh
• Fatemeh Javadi
• Davoodi Tango

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.iowastatedaily.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/local_news/doc4a39a20a66407831945758.txt
2. ^ ISU Dissertation

[edit] External links

• (Persian) Biography

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