Mohammad reza aref biography for kids
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Mohammad Reza Aref (Persian: محمدرضا عارف, born 19 December 1951) is an Iranian engineer, academic and reformist politician who is the eighth and current first vice president of Iran since 2024, under President Masoud Pezeshkian.[3][4] He is also currently member of the Expediency Discernment Council since 2002.
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He was the parliamentary leader of reformists' Hope fraction in the Iranian Parliament, representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr. Aref has also been heading the Reformists' Supreme Council for Policymaking since its establishment in 2015.[5]
He was also the second first vice president from 2001 to 2005 under Mohammad Khatami and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.[6] He previously served as Minister Information and Communications Technology and head of Management and Planning Organization in Khatami's first cabinet. He was a member of Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution until 2021.
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Vice presidents of Iran facts for kids
A vice president of Iran (Persian: معاون رئیسجمهور ایران) is defined by article 124 of the Constitution of Iran as anyone appointed bygd the President of Iran to lead an organization related to presidential affairs in Iran. As of 2024[update], there are fourteen vice presidents. The first vice president (Persian: معاون اول رئیسجمهور) leads cabinet meetings in the absence of the president.
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Quick facts for kids First Vice President of theIslamic Republic of Iran | |
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Incumbent Mohammad Reza Aref since 28 July 2024 | |
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| Member of | Cabinet |
| Residence | Boostan Palace, Sa'dabad Complex |
| Appointer | The President |
| Term length | No term |
| Inaugural holder | Hassan Habibi September 1, 1989 |
| Succession | First in the line of presidential succession |
| Website | The First Vice Presidency |
The role of the first vice president was created in the revision of the Constitution in 1989. It took ov
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Mohammad Reza Aref
Born on Dec. 17, 1951, in the city of Yazd, Mohammad Reza Aref is a politician and university professor. He was the First Vice President during Seyyed Mohammad Khatami's second term as president, from 2001 to 2005. He is currently a member of the High Council of Cultural Revolution, a member of the Expediency Council (since March 16, 2002), a professor in the Electrical Engineering Department of Sharif University of Technology, and the CEO of the Baran Foundation.
He holds a BSc degree from Tehran University, and an MSc degree in electrical engineering and a PhD in statistics from Stanford University in the US. He is a permanent member of the Academy of Science. Between 1981 and 1994, he was a professor in the Electrical Engineering Department and Computer Science Department of Isfahan University.
In his PhD thesis, entitled Information Flow in Relay Networks, he analyzed deterministic relay networks which have become known as Aref networks.
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