| Parviz Davoodi | |
| Office: | Member of Expediency Discernment Council |
| Term Start: | 27 February 2007 |
| Term End: | 18 April 2024 |
| Appointer: | Ali Khamenei |
| 1Blankname: | Chairman |
| 1Namedata: | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani |
| Order1: | 3rd First Vice President of Iran |
| Term Start1: | 10 September 2005 |
| Term End1: | 17 July 2009 |
| President1: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Predecessor1: | Mohammad Reza Aref |
| Successor1: | Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei |
| Office2: | Head of National Elites Foundation |
| Term Start2: | October 2005 |
| Term End2: | February 2007 |
| President2: | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Predecessor2: | Position established |
| Successor2: | Sadegh Vaez-Zadeh |
| Birth Date: | 5 February 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Tehran, Iran |
| Death Date: | 18 April 2024 (aged 72) |
| Death Place: | Tehran, Iran |
| Party: | Nonpartisan |
| Profession: | Economist |
| Alma Mater: | Iowa State University |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
Parviz Davoodi (Persian: پرویز داودی; 5 February 1952 – 18 April 2024) was an Iranian education and conservative politician who was the third first vice president from 2005 to 2009. He was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council.
Parviz Davoodi was born in Tehran, Iran. Davoodi graduated from Iowa State University (ISU) in 1981 with a Ph.D. in Economics.[1]
Davoodi was also an economist at Shahid Beheshti University. Although Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was known to have conservative ideals, he taught liberal economic perspectives in his classrooms at Shahid Beheshti University. It is believed that his economic ideas were highly influenced by modern economic theory; he was for free markets and open economies.
Davoodi served as the First Vice President of Iran from 11 September 2005 to 17 July 2009. He often referred to President Ahmadinejad as the world's "bite-size leader against king-size Western corruption.".[2] Davoodi was nominated in 2009 as the Director of the Presidential Center for Strategic Studies by Iranian President Ahmadinejad.[3]
Davoodi died in Tehran on 18 April 2024, at the age of 72.[4]