Rahim Hobbenaghi (born in January 1960,

Urmia Urmia (; ) is the largest city in West Azerbaijan Province of Iran. In the Central District of Urmia County, it is capital of the province, the county, and the district. The city is situated near the borders of Iran with Turkey and Iraq. ...

) is an Iranian professor, veterinarian, and university president. He has been the President of

Urmia University Urmia University (, ''Daneshgah-e Orumiyeh''; ) (also known as the University of Urmia) is a public university in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The main campus of Urmia University is in Nazlu (or Nazloo), in the vicinity of Urmia. It has six ...

from 1997 to 2001, and again from 2014 to 2021.

Early life

Hobbenaghi was born in January 1960 in

, located in Iran's

West Azerbaijan West Azerbaijan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, provinces of Iran, whose capital and largest city is Urmia. It is in the Azerbaijan (Iran), northwest of the country, bordered by Turkey (Ağrı Province, Ağrı, Hakkâri Pr ...

Province, Iran.He completed his education in Urmia through high school. In 1979, he was accepted into a veterinary program at the

University of Tehran The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

. Hobbenaghi is also a veteran of the

Iran–Iraq War The Iran–Iraq War, also known as the First Gulf War, was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. Active hostilities began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for nearly eight years, unti ...

and participated in the Before the Dawn, Dawn 1, and Dawn 2 operations. According to the site of Iranian higher education (Ministry of Science) on January 1, 2018, Hobbenaghi was selected for a second consecutive term and will be the university's president for the next four years starting from February 2018. He is the first to serve three non-consecutive terms.

References

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