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Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi

b. 1965

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Born 1965. Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi is an Iranian demographer.

Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi (; born 23 August 1965) is an Iranian demographer and the president of the Asian Population Association. He is a professor of the Department of Demography and Chair of the Division of Population Research at the University of Tehran.

Awards He was awarded the 2011 United Nations Population Award. Abbasi Shavazi won Iran's Book of the Year Award for the book The Fertility Transition in Iran: Revolution and Reproduction (with Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi and Peter Francis McDonald).

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Important facts

Born
23 August 1965, Yazd
Birth century
20th century
Occupation
Demographer
Nationality
Iran
Education
Australian National University, University of Isfahan, University of Tehran
Positions held
Full professor
Employers
University of Tehran
Awards
United Nations Population Award

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When was Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi born?

Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi was born on 23 August 1965 in Yazd.

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Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi is a demographer.

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Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi is Iranian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi

· Wikidata: Q6892091

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