Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Iranian politician, Shi'a cleric and Writer

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1934

Place of Birth: Nuq District, Kerman Province, Iran

Date of Death: 08-Jan-2017

Profession: writer, businessperson, politician, entrepreneur, theologian

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

  • Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: ???? ????? ?????????, romanized: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani pronunciation or Hashemi Bahramani, also known as Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani; 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an influential Iranian politician, writer and one of the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic who was the fourth President of Iran from 3 August 1989 until 3 August 1997.
  • He was the head of the Assembly of Experts from 2007 until 2011, when he decided not to nominate himself for the post.
  • He was also the chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council. During his 40-year tenure, Rafsajani amassed a large amount of power serving as the speaker of parliament, Commander-in-Chief during the Iran Iraq War, President, and chose Ali Khamenei as the supreme leader of Iran.
  • His powerful role and control over Iranian politics earned him the name "Akbar Shah".Rafsanjani became president of Iran after winning the 1989 election.
  • He served another term by winning the election in 1993.
  • In the 2005 election he ran for a third term in office, placing first in the first round of elections but ultimately losing to rival Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the run-off.
  • He and his family faced political isolation for their support of the opposition in 2009.
  • Rafsanjani entered the race for the 2013 presidential election, but he was disqualified by the Guardian Council.
  • With Hassan Rouhani's election, in which Rafsanjani openly supported him, the Rafsanjani family gradually recovered their political reputation.
  • Rafsanjani died following a heart attack on 8 January 2017 in a hospital in Tehran at the age of 82.
  • Although, government officials attributed his death to cardiac arrest his sudden death prompted speculation that he had been assassinated.
  • His family strongly asserted that he had been murdered.
  • Further investigation revealed that his body was highly radioactive.Rafsanjani has been described as having been a pragmatic Islamic conservative.
  • The Economist called him a "veteran kingmaker".
  • He supported a free market position domestically, favoring privatization of state-owned industries and a moderate position internationally, seeking to avoid conflict with the United States and the West.
  • He was also founder and one of the Board of Trustees of Azad University.
  • In 2003, Forbes estimated his personal wealth to be in excess of US$1 billion.

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