Reza Farajidana

Reza Faraji-Dana (born 1960 in Qom) is a reformist Iranian politician and the former minister of Science, Research and Technology under President Hassan Rouhani. He served as president of University of Tehran, and as the former president of the Iranian branch of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.[2]

Reza Faraji-Dana
Farajidana in 2013
Minister of Science, Research and Technology
In office
27 October 2013 – 20 August 2014
PresidentHassan Rouhani
Preceded byJafar Towfighi
Succeeded byMohammad-Ali Najafi
Personal details
Born
Reza Faraji-Dana

(1960-10-27) 27 October 1960
Qom, Pahlavi Iran
Political partyIslamic Association of Engineering Faculty Graduates of University of Tehran[1]
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
University of Waterloo
OccupationAcademic
ProfessionElectrical engineering
CabinetRouhani Cabinet
Signature
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/serviceRevolutionary Guards
Years of service1980–1982
Battles/warsIran-Iraq War

Biography

Reza Farji-Dana was born in 1960 in Qom and received his math diploma from Hakim Nezami high school in 1978. In the same year, he was admitted to the Shiraz University in electrical engineering.

He studied electrical engineering at the University of Tehran, and at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. He graduated with a Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo in 1993.[3] He works as the professor of electrical engineering at the University of Tehran.[4]

Dismissal

Iranian parliament dismissed him as Minister of Science on 20 August 2014. The conservative MPs accused him of permitting students involved in 2009–10 Iranian election protests to continue their education in public universities. He was also accused of appointing senior department heads from people involved in the mass protests of 2009.[5] Some of the PMs who voted for the dismissal of Farajidana were allegedly benefiting from unlawful scholarships in the previous government and the list of those who granted unlawful scholarships has been revealed during the ministration of Farajidana.[6] He was removed from office through impeachment in August 2014.[7]

References
  1. "List of Legally Registerred Parties in Iran". Khorasan Newspaper. Pars Times. 30 July 2000. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  2. Behnegarsoft.com. "فرجي دانا، اين وزير جنجالي کيست؟". پایگاه خبری الف. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. "Type Approval Antenna Lab at UT". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  4. Farajiece.ut.ac.ir Archived 23 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "Iran's parliament dismisses Science Minister Faraji-Dana". BBC News. 20 August 2014.
  6. "استیضاح فرجی‌دانا؛ تاوان افشای بورسیه‌های غیرقانونی؟". خبرآنلاین (in Persian). 2 July 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  7. "Iran's Science Minister Ousted". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2022.


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