Parviz Davoodi (; 5 February 1952 – 18 April 2024) was an Iranian education and conservative politician who was the third first vice president from 2005 to 2009. He was a member of the

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Parviz Davoodi was born in Tehran, Iran. Davoodi graduated from

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(ISU) in 1981 with a Ph.D. in Economics. Davoodi was also an economist at

Shahid Beheshti University Shahid Beheshti University (SBU) (), originally founded as the Melli University (National University of Iran) (), is a Public university, public research university in Tehran, Iran. The university offers programs at Bachelor's, Master's and Ph. ...

. Although Iranian President

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was known to have conservative ideals, he taught liberal economic perspectives in his classrooms at

. It is believed that his economic ideas were highly influenced by modern

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; he was for

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and open economies. Davoodi served as the First

Vice President of Iran First vice president of Iran () is defined by article 124 of the Constitution of Iran as anyone appointed by the President of Iran to lead an organization related to presidential affairs in Iran. , there are fourteen vice presidents. The first vic ...

from 11 September 2005 to 17 July 2009. He often referred to President Ahmadinejad as the world's "bite-size leader against king-size Western corruption.". Davoodi was nominated in 2009 as the Director of the Presidential Center for Strategic Studies by Iranian President Ahmadinejad. Davoodi died in Tehran on 18 April 2024, at the age of 72.

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