President Hassan Rouhani Role Lawmaker Name Elham Aminzadeh | Religion Islam Alma mater University of Glasgow Education University of Glasgow | |
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Preceded by Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini Similar People Eshaq Jahangiri, Hassan Rouhani, Shahindokht Molaverdi, Masoumeh Ebtekar, Majead Ansari | ||
Elham Aminzadeh is an Iranian academic, lawmaker and the former assistant to President Hassan Rouhani in citizenship rights. She was formerly vice president in legal affairs.
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Education
Aminzadeh holds a PhD in law from the University of Glasgow in 1997. The title of her PhD thesis is "the United Nations and international peace and security: a legal and practical analysis".
Career
Aminzadeh worked as assistant professor of law at the University of Tehran and her speciality is in the fields of international public law, energy law and human rights. She also taught at the School of International Relations, Allameh Tabatabaei University and Imam Sadegh University. She served at the seventh term of the Majlis as a lawmaker from 2004 to 2008. She was the deputy head of the Majlis's national security and foreign policy committee.
She was appointed vice president for legal affairs by Hassan Rouhani on 11 August 2013.