Kamran Bagheri Lankarani

Kamran Bagheri Lankarani is an Iranian physician and politician who served as Minister of Health and Medical Education in Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's first cabinet from 2005 to 2009.

Bagheri Lankarani trained as a gastroenterologist at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, where he earned his medical degree (1989) and post-doctorate fellowship (1992). Before his ministerial appointment, he served as head of Shiraz Namazi Hospital (1993–1994), deputy chancellor of Shiraz Medical Sciences University (1994–1996), and head of the university's internal medicine department.

As head of the Ministry of Health, Bagheri Lankarani managed Iran's public health system during Ahmadinejad's first term. After leaving government, he returned to academia and has published extensively in gastroenterology and hepatology, with over 800 publications.