Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi ( fa, محمد حسن رهنوردی; 23 June 1927 – 5 September 2023) was an Iranian physician, politician and weightlifter. He earned two gold medals in

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in 1950s. He was a member of

National Consultative Assembly The National Consultative Assembly ( fa, مجلس شورای ملی, Mad̲j̲les-e s̲h̲ūrā-ye mellī) or simply Majles, was the national legislative body of Iran from 1906 to 1979. It was elected by universal suffrage, excluding the armed for ...

from

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and later from

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. He was a deputy minister of health and minister of education prior to the Iranian Islamic revolution. His last position was Governor of Yazd.

Biography

Mohammad Hassan Rahnavardi was born in

Tabriz Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...

on 23 June 1927. He had a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the

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, a

master of public health The Master of Public Health or Master of Philosophy in Public Health (M.P.H.), Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH), Master of Medical Science in Public Health (MMSPH) and the Doctor of Public Health (Dr.P.H.), International Masters for Healt ...

from

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and a DrPH from

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. For five years he was the secretary general of the

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and in charge of Iranian Olympic Team for 1968 Mexico City Games and 1972 Munich Games in Germany. Rahnavardi died on 5 September 2023, at the age of 96.

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* 1927 births 2023 deaths Iranian male weightlifters Deputies of Tehran for National Consultative Assembly World Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Iran Asian Games gold medalists for Iran Asian Games medalists in weightlifting Weightlifters at the 1951 Asian Games Weightlifters at the 1958 Asian Games Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health alumni Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine alumni Sportspeople from Tabriz Medalists at the 1951 Asian Games Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Members of the 21st Iranian Majlis Members of the 22nd Iranian Majlis Sportspeople from Sari, Iran 20th-century Iranian people {{Iran-weightlifting-bio-stub