Levon Davidian | |
Constituency1: | Religious minorities (Tehran Armenians and North of Iran) |
Term Start1: | 2000 |
Term End1: | 2004 |
Predecessor1: | Vartan Vartanian |
Successor1: | Gevorg Vartan |
Birth Date: | 24 March 1944 |
Birth Place: | Hamadan، |
Death Place: | near Jannatabad, Qazvin، |
Nationality: | Iranian |
Alma Mater: | The National University of Iran |
Occupation: | Psychiatrist and professor of university |
Levon Davidian (Armenian: Լեւոն Դաւթեան; Persian: لئون داویدیان, 24 March 1944 in Hamadan – 15 July 2009), an Iranian-Armenian politician, was an Iranian parliament member. He was a psychiatrist and professor of university. He died when Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed killing all passengers on board.[1] [2]
Davidian first attended school in Tehran and then began studying at the Faculty of Medicine at Shahid Beheshti University there in 1962. In 1978, he received a doctorate in psychiatry. He belonged to the Armenian minority in Iran and represented them in parliament from 2000 to 2004. He was a long-time deputy member of parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was a prominent figure in his homeland. Davidian was among the 168 people aboard Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 that crashed into a field on July 15, 2009. He died in the crash, leaving behind at least two children, a daughter living in the U.S. and a son in Iran.