Saeed Namaki ( fa, سعید نمکی) is an Iranian politician and

pharmacist A pharmacist, also known as a chemist (Commonwealth English) or a druggist (North American and, archaically, Commonwealth English), is a healthcare professional who prepares, controls and distributes medicines and provides advice and instructi ...

. He is assistant professor of immunology at

Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences ( fa, دانشگاه علوم پزشکی و خدمات بهداشتی-درمانی شهيد بهشتی, ''Danushgah-e 'lum-e Pezeshki-ye vâ Xedâmat-e Behedashti - Dârmani-ye Shihid Beheshti'') is o ...

, Tehran. He served as minister of Health and Medical Education from 3 January 2019 to 25 August 2021, where he replaced

Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi Sayyid Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi ( fa, سید حسن قاضی‌زاده هاشمی; born 21 March 1959) is an Iranian ophthalmologist and associate professor of Tehran University of Medical Sciences, who served as the Minister of Health and Medi ...

. He had previously served as the vice-president in Plan and Budget Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran (PBO).

COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, Saeed Namaki held a special parliamentary session on 25 February 2020 which included parliamentarian

Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani Ahmad Amirabadi Farahani ( fa, ‌‌احمد امیرآبادی فراهانی; born 1973) is an Iranian conservative politician and former military officer of Revolutionary Guards. Amirabadi was born in Farahan near Tafresh in Markazi Province ...

, who had claimed a day earlier that Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MOHME) COVID-19 death statistics were vastly underestimated, with 50 deaths in

Qom Qom (also spelled as "Ghom", "Ghum", or "Qum") ( fa, قم ) is the seventh largest metropolis and also the seventh largest city in Iran. Qom is the capital of Qom Province. It is located to the south of Tehran. At the 2016 census, its popul ...

rather than the official count of 12 deaths in the whole of Iran. Staff testing body temperatures prior to the meeting requested Amirabadi Farahani and two other members of parliament to excuse themselves from the meeting and self-quarantine. All three declined the request and participated in the meeting with Saeed Namaki. In February 2020 a letter was published on social media about his resignation which was declined, subsequently.

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Official website of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education
Government ministers of Iran 1958 births Living people Academic staff of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Iranian pharmacists Iran 21st-century Iranian politicians Politicians from Tehran {{Iran-med-bio-stub Isfahan University of Medical Sciences alumni 21st-century pharmacists