Majid Khodabakhsh | |
Order: | Governor of East Azerbaijan |
Term Start: | 24 September 2017 |
Term End: | 17 November 2018 |
President: | Hassan Rouhani |
Successor: | Mohammad-Reza Pour-Mohammadi |
Term Start1: | 7 November 2013 |
Term End1: | 24 September 2017 |
President1: | Hassan Rouhani |
Birth Date: | 1956 |
Birth Place: | Ardabil, Iran |
Alma Mater: | University of Shiraz |
Majid Khodabakhsh (Persian: مجید خدابخش, born 1956 in Ardabil) is an Iranian moderate[1] reformist[2] politician, and the current Governor of East Azerbaijan since 2017, in the Government of Hassan Rouhani.[3] He was previously Governor of Ardebil Province from 2013 to 2017, and also was former Deputy Governor of East Azerbaijan and West Azerbaijan.