Levon Davidian

Levon Davidian
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	(1944-03-24)24 March 1944 Hamadan،
Died	15 July 2009(2009-07-15) (aged 65) near Jannatabad, Qazvin،
Nationality	Iranian
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

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

• Handbook of Psychiatry (30 Volumes), volume Four [5]

References

1. 168 killed as Iranian airliner crashes near Tehran (2nd Roundup), Deutsche Presse-Agentur, 15 July 2009
2. Lazarian, Janet D. (2003). Encyclopedia of Iranian Armenians. Tehran: Hirmand Publisher. p. 87. ISBN 964-6974-50-3.
3. Mehrzad Boroujerdi, Kourosh Rahimkhani (2018), Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook, Leseprobe, New York: Syracuse University Press, p. 221, ISBN 978-0-8156-5432-2
4. Veronica Rocha (16 July 2009), "Families stunned by crash", Los Angeles Times
5. Nurbakhsh, Javad; Davidian, Levon; Jahangiri, Hamideh (2019). Handbook of Psychiatry. Vol. 4. Lap Lambert. ISBN 978-620-0-31590-8.

See also

• Reserved Majlis seats