Farzaneh Sadegh

Farzaneh Sadegh
فرزانه صادق
Sadegh in 2024
6th Minister of Roads and Urban Development
Assumed office
21 August 2024
PresidentMasoud Pezeshkian
Preceded byMehrdad Bazrpash
Personal details
Born (1976-09-12) 12 September 1976
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
Islamic Azad University
Occupation
  • architect
  • executive director

Farzaneh Sadegh Malvajerd (Persian: فرزانه صادق مالواجرد; born 12 September 1976) is an Iranian architect, urban planner and executive director who has been working as the Minister of Roads and Urban Development in Iran since 2024.

Farzaneh Sadegh previously worked as the secretary of the Supreme Council of Urban Planning and Architecture of Iran and the deputy of architecture and urban development of the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development in this ministry.[1][2][3] She is the second woman to become a minister of Iran after the Iranian Revolution and the first woman to be the Minister of Roads and Urban Development in Iran.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Female minister proposed for Iran's roads ministry". 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ "All of President Pezeshkian's ministerial picks won parliament's vote of confidence". 21 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Iran lawmakers approve new president's cabinet". 21 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Iran's parliament approves new president's minister appointees". 21 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Iran's hard-line parliament approves all members of president's Cabinet, first time since 2001". The Washington Post. 21 August 2024.