Levon Davidian
Levon Davidian | |
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| Member of Parliament of Iran | |
| In office 2000–2004 | |
| Preceded by | Vartan Vartanian |
| Succeeded by | Gevorg Vartan |
| Constituency | Religious minorities (Tehran Armenians and North of Iran) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 March 1944 |
| Died | 15 July 2009 (aged 65) near Jannatabad, Qazvin, Iran |
| Alma mater | The National University of Iran |
| Occupation | Psychiatrist and professor of university |
Levon Davidian (Armenian: Լեւոն Դաւթեան; Persian: لئون داویدیان, 24 March 1944 in Hamadan – 15 July 2009), an Iranian-Armenian politician, was an Iranian parliament member. He was a psychiatrist and professor of university. He died when Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 crashed killing all passengers on board.[1][2]
Life
[edit]Davidian first attended school in Tehran and then began studying at the Faculty of Medicine at Shahid Beheshti University there in 1962. In 1978, he received a doctorate in psychiatry. He belonged to the Armenian minority in Iran and represented them in parliament from 2000 to 2004.[3] He was a long-time deputy member of parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran. He was a prominent figure in his homeland. Davidian was among the 168 people aboard Caspian Airlines Flight 7908 that crashed into a field on July 15, 2009. He died in the crash, leaving behind at least two children, a daughter living in the U.S. and a son in Iran.[4]
Publications
[edit]- Handbook of Psychiatry (30 Volumes), volume Four[5]
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "168 killed as Iranian airliner crashes near Tehran (2nd Roundup)". Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 15 July 2009.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Lazarian, Janet D. (2003). Encyclopedia of Iranian Armenians. Tehran: Hirmand Publisher. p. 87. ISBN 964-6974-50-3.
- ↑ Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Leseprobe. New York: Syracuse University Press. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-8156-5432-2.
- ↑ Rocha, Veronica (16 July 2009). "Families stunned by crash". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Nurbakhsh, Javad; Davidian, Levon; Jahangiri, Hamideh (2019). Handbook of Psychiatry. Vol. 4. Lap Lambert. ISBN 978-620-0-31590-8.
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