Alireza Ali Ahmadi | |
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Minister of Education | |
In office 19 February 2008 –3 September 2009 Acting: 1 December 2007 – 19 February 2008 | |
President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
Preceded by | Mahmoud Farshidi |
Succeeded by | Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee |
Personal details | |
Born | Isfahan,Iran | 11 May 1959
Political party | |
Alma mater | Tarbiat Modares University Science and Technology University |
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