Rahman Dadman ( fa, رحمان دادمان; 1956–2001) was an Iranian
politician
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. Trained as a civil engineer Dadman briefly served as the minister of roads and transportation between January and May 2001. He died in a plane crash on 17 May 2001.
Biography
Dadman was born in
Ardabil
Ardabil (, fa, اردبیل, Ardabīl or ''Ardebīl'') is a city in northwestern Iran, and the capital of Ardabil Province. As of the 2022 census, Ardabil's population was 588,000. The dominant majority in the city are ethnic Iranian Azerbaija ...
in 1956.
[ He received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the ]University of Tehran
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in 1983.[ He also obtained a master of science degree in the same field from the same institution in 1986.][ Dadman held a PhD again in civil engineering which he received from the ]University of Manchester
, mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity
, established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...
in 1996.[ Before the 1979 revolution Dadman was part of the revolutionaries.]
Dadman worked at his alma mater, University of Tehran, as a faculty member.[ He was appointed minister of roads and transportation under President ]Mohammad Khatami
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on 14 January 2001.[ On 17 May 2001 he died in an air accident with about 30 other passengers in the crash of an Iranian Yak-40 plane, 13 miles from the city of ]Sari, Iran
Sari ( fa, ; also romanized as Sārī), also known as Shahr-e-Tajan and Shari-e-Tajan, is the provincial capital of Mazandaran Province and former capital of Iran (for a short period), located in the north of Iran, between the northern slopes o ...
, in northern Iran.
Dadman was married to Zohratalsadat Nazari who was one of the individuals involved in the capture of the US Embassy in Tehran in November 1979. They had four children.[ One of his children, Ali Dadman, died on 27 June 2016 under mysterious conditions.]
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20th-century Iranian engineers
20th-century Iranian politicians
21st-century Iranian engineers
1956 births
2001 deaths
Burials at Behesht-e Zahra
Government ministers of Iran
Iranian civil engineers
Islamic Iran Participation Front politicians
Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line
People from Ardabil
University of Tehran alumni
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Iran
Alumni of the University of Manchester
Academic staff of the University of Tehran
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