Elham Aminzadeh | |
Office: | Special Assistant to the President for Citizenship rights |
Term Start: | 12 July 2016 |
Term End: | 9 August 2017 |
President: | Hassan Rouhani |
Predecessor: | Office established |
Successor: | Shahindokht Molaverdi |
Office1: | Vice President of Iran for Legal Affairs |
Term Start1: | 11 August 2013 |
Term End1: | 12 July 2016 |
President1: | Hassan Rouhani |
Predecessor1: | Fatemeh Bodaghi |
Successor1: | Majid Ansari |
Office2: | Member of Parliament of Iran |
Term Start2: | 28 May 2004 |
Term End2: | 28 May 2008 |
Constituency2: | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Majority2: | 521,782[1] |
Birth Place: | Shiraz, Iran |
Profession: | Jurist |
Alma Mater: | University of Glasgow |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Elham Aminzadeh (Persian: الهام امینزاده; born 1964) is an Iranian academic, lawmaker and the former assistant to President Hassan Rouhani in citizenship rights. She was formerly vice president in legal affairs.
Aminzadeh was born in 1964.[2] She 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".[3]
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.[4] She also taught at the School of International Relations, Allameh Tabatabaei University[5] and Imam Sadegh University. She served at the seventh term of the Majlis as a lawmaker from 2004 to 2008.[6] She was the deputy head of the Majlis's national security and foreign policy committee.[7]
She was appointed vice president for legal affairs by Hassan Rouhani, Iranian President, on 11 August 2013 after Hassan Rouhani promised to support the participation of women in the Iranian society.[8] [9] [10]