Mohammad Sharif Malekzadeh (born in Zabul city, Sistan and Baluchistan province) is a former Vice President of Iran who served as the head of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism from 2012 to 2013.

He is an associate professor of the university, advisor to Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi in executive affairs,[1] and until the end of the 9th government vice president and head of the cultural heritage organization, handicrafts, and tourism.

Among them are advisor to the president;[3] advisor to the minister of foreign affairs, special assistant to the minister of foreign affairs, administrative and financial deputy of the ministry of foreign affairs,[4] general secretary of Iranians abroad[5].

[2][Requires Source] In 2020, Malekzadeh was chosen as the Father of the Contemporary Science of World Tourism Management by the World University Presidents Association; he was named as one of the world's top 3000 scientists by Word Press magazine.

Malekzadeh was awarded the National Medal of Service and Sheikh Baha'i Medal, as the creator of MFT theory.