Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi
Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi is an Iranian politician and academic and Minister of Roads and Urban Development. In 1993, Akhoundi became the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, making him one of the youngest ministers in Irans modern history.
The grandson of Grand Ayatollah Allameh Amini, Akhoundi was born in Najaf where his grandfather resided. Along with other Iranian families, he was deported from Iraq in the 1970s. He is also brotherinlaw of Ali Akbar Nategh Nouri. Akhoundi acquired his BEng and MSc from University of Tehran in Civil Engineering. He obtained a PhD in Political Economy from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2006. His thesis was titled Globalization, the nationstate and national economic policy making160 the attitudes of Irans elites.
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