Political career
Pezeshkian’s political career began when he joined Mohammad Khatami’s administration as Deputy Health Minister in 1997. He was appointed Health Minister four years later, serving from 2001 to 2005.[12][dead link] Since then, he has been elected to the Iranian parliament five times, representing Tabriz, and served as the First Deputy Speaker of the parliament from 2016 to 2020.
On 6 July 2024, Pezeshkian was elected President after winning the 5 July run-off of the 2024 presidential election with 16.3 million votes (53.7%) to Saeed Jalili’s 13.5 million (44.3%).[13] He was formally appointed as the president by the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei on 28 July 2024,[6] and is scheduled to be sworn-in before the Iranian parliament on 30 July 2024.
After taking office, Pezeshkian appointed the former First Vice President of Iran Mohammad Reza Aref back to his post and selected former Education Minister Mohsen Haji-Mirzaei to become his chief of staff.