Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh

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Sadeq Vaez-Zadeh
Head of National Elites Foundation
In office 1 September 2006 – 21 September 2009
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Parviz Davoodi
Succeeded by	Nasrin Soltankhah
Personal details
Born	(1959-04-10) 10 April 1959 (age 62) Mashhad, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	University of Science and Technology (BS) Queen's University (MS & PhD)

Sadeq Vaez-Zadeh (born 10 April 1959 in Mashhad) is an Iranian professor, currently teaching at the University of Tehran. He is also a member of Iran's Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and Expediency Council.^[1] He had previously served as the Vice President and Head of the National Elites Foundation under the Mahmoud Ahmedinejad administration from 2006 to 2009, which was responsible for science-related issues.

2013 presidential elections[]

He was the first candidate to officially register in the 2013 Iranian presidential elections, stating that his campaign was in response to public demand for change.^[1] As part of his campaign, he stated he had "designed a comprehensive plan to solve inflation", which had long plagued Iran's economy as a result of years of international sanctions.^[2]

Personal life[]

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Vaez-Zadeh is a cousin of Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei.^{[citation needed]}

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External links[]

• University of Tehran Faculty