Akbar hashemi rafsanjani biography
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, Akbar Hāshemī Rafanjānī), Hashemi Bahramani (Persian: هاشمی بهرمانی; August 25, &#; January 8, ) was an influential Iranianpolitician. He has been the Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran from until his death in
Forbes magazine listed Rafsanjani in their list of richest people in the world and has written that as the real power behind the Iranian government, he "has more or less run the Islamic Republic for the past 24 years." [1] His wealth has earned him the infamous nickname of Akbar Shah in Iran.[2]
Rafsanjani was President of Iran from to , losing on the second ballot to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the election on his attempt for a third term in office. After this, he has tried to use his position in the Expediency Council to denounce President Ahmadinejad's administration. He said he would do some privatizations and change foreign policy. Howeve
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Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Rafsanjani began his political activism in the s and s when he was part of the Islamic student movement opposed to the Western-backed regime of the Shah. He was imprisoned several times under the Shah. He became a trusted aide and friend of Ayatollah Khomeini, leader of the Islamic revolution which toppled the government and established a new, theocratic regime. Rafsanjani was a key member of Iran's Revolutionary Council at the beginning of the new Islamic Republic, tillsammans with Mohammad Javad Bahonar, Mohammad Beheshti, Morteza Motahhari, and Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili Mr. Rafsanjani was Majlis speaker from In the last year of the war with Iraq, Ayatoll • Akbar Hashemi RafsanjaniPresident of Iran from to "Rafsanjani" redirects here. For the surname, see Rafsanjani (surname).
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