Parviz Davoodi پرویز داوودی
3rd First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
In office September 11, 2005 – July 17, 2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Leader	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Mohammad-Reza Aref
Succeeded by	Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
Born	1952 Tehran
Alma mater	Iowa State University
Profession	Economist
Religion	Shia Islam

Parviz Davoodi (Persian: پرویز داوودی; born 1952 in Tehran) was the First Vice President of Iran from September 11, 2005 to July 17, 2009. 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
• Mohammad Ali Abtahi

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Media related to Parviz Davoodi at Wikimedia Commons
• (Persian) Biography

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