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Ali Asghar Fani
Minister of Education
In office 27 October 2013 – 19 October 2016 Acting: 23 August – 27 October 2013
President	Hassan Rouhani
Preceded by	Hamid-Reza Haji Babaee
Succeeded by	Fakhruddin Ahmadi
In office 30 August 2005 – 9 November 2005 Acting
President	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by	Morteza Haji
Succeeded by	Mahmoud Farshidi
Personal details
Born	c. 1954 (age 69–70) Tehran, Iran
Children	2[1]
Alma mater	University of Tehran Tarbiat Modares University
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Ali Asghar Fani (Persian: علی‌اصفر فانی) is an Iranian politician and former Minister of Education. He took the office as acting minister on 23 August 2013 after parliament rejected nominated Mohammad-Ali Najafi for the post. He was officially nominated for the post by President Hassan Rouhani and was voted for by the parliament.^[2] He resigned from his position on 19 October 2016, as part of President Rouhai's cabinet reshuffling. He previously served as acting minister in 2005.

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