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

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) September 12, 1976 (age 48)
Hamadan, Imperial State of Iran
Children1
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
Islamic Azad University
Occupation
  • architect
  • executive director

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 female minister after the Iranian Revolution and the first female minister of roads and urban development in Iran.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Female minister proposed for Iran's roads ministry". 2024-08-14.
  2. ^ "All of President Pezeshkian's ministerial picks won parliament's vote of confidence". 2024-08-21.
  3. ^ "Iran lawmakers approve new president's cabinet". 2024-08-21.
  4. ^ "Iran's parliament approves new president's minister appointees". 2024-08-21.
  5. ^ "Iran's hard-line parliament approves all members of president's Cabinet, first time since 2001". The Washington Post. 2024-08-21.