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Place of Birth: Mahabad, West Azerbaijan, Imerpial State of Iran
Date of Birth: 29 September, 1954
Ethnicity: Iranian Azerbaijani
Masoud Pezeshkian is an Iranian politician and heart surgeon. He has been President of Iran , since 28 July, 2024. He has also been Minister of Health and Medical Education, from 22 August, 2001 to 24 August, 2005; Member of the Consultative Assembly, since 27 May, 2008, of which he was First Deputy Speaker; and Member of the Interim Leadership Council, from 1 March, 2026 to 8 March, 2026.
Masoud is the son of Mahboubeh Soudbakhsh and Mohammadali Pezeshkian. His parents were from Urmia, and were of Iranian Azerbaijani background. Masoud speaks Azeri and Kurdish fluently. He considers his family Turkish. In 1973, he moved to Zabol for his conscription, and served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He was married to Fatemeh Majidi, a gynecologist, until her death. The couple has four children.