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Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh
Vice President of Iran
Head of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization
In office
2012–2013
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded byMir-Hassan Mousavi
Succeeded byMohammad-Ali Najafi
Personal details
BornZabol, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran
ProfessionPolitician
University lecturer
Websitehttps://specialinteresttourism.ir/english

Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh (born in Zabul city, Sistan and Baluchistan province) is a former Vice President of Iran who served as the head of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism from 2012 to 2013.

Career

Malekzadeh has a doctorate in management and a post-doctorate in management. He is an associate professor of the university, advisor to Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi in executive affairs,[1] and until the end of the 9th government vice president and head of the cultural heritage organization, handicrafts, and tourism.[2]

He has previously held various government positions. Among them are advisor to the president;[3] advisor to the minister of foreign affairs, special assistant to the minister of foreign affairs, administrative and financial deputy of the ministry of foreign affairs,[4] general secretary of Iranians abroad[5]. He is currently the head of the Center for Research and Studies of Humanities-Islamic Sciences, the head of the World Halal Tourism Organization, and the head of the International Union of World University Presidents.[2][Requires Source]

In 2020, Malekzadeh was chosen as the Father of the Contemporary Science of World Tourism Management by the World University Presidents Association; he was named as one of the world's top 3000 scientists by Word Press magazine.

Malekzadeh was awarded the National Medal of Service and Sheikh Baha'i Medal, as the creator of MFT theory.

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