Akbar Rafsanjani
| Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | |
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| اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی | |
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| 4th President of Iran | |
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In office 3 August 1989 – 3 August 1997 |
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| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| First Vice President | Hassan Habibi |
| Preceded by | Ali Khamenei |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Khatami |
| Chairman of Expediency Discernment Council | |
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In office 6 February 1989 – 8 January 2017 |
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| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Ali Khamenei |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
| Chairman of the Assembly of Experts | |
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In office 25 July 2007 – 8 March 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Ali Meshkini |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani |
| 18th Speaker of the Parliament of Iran | |
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In office 28 July 1980 – 3 August 1989 |
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| First Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Javad Saeed |
| Succeeded by | Mehdi Karroubi |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
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In office 15 August 1983 – 8 January 2017 |
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| Constituency | Tehran Province |
| Majority | 2,301,492 (5th term) |
| Tehran's Friday Prayer Temporary Imam | |
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In office 3 July 1981 – 17 July 2009 |
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| Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Member of the Parliament of Iran | |
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In office 28 May 1980 – 3 August 1989 |
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| Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
| Majority | 1,891,264 (81.9%; 2nd term) |
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Minister of Interior Acting |
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In office 6 November 1979 – 12 August 1980 |
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| Appointed by | Islamic Revolution Council |
| Preceded by | Hashem Sabbaghian |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Akbar Hashemi Bahramani 25 August 1934 Bahreman, Persia |
| Died |
8 January 2017 (aged 82) Tajrish, Shemiran, Iran |
| Resting place | Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Political party | Combatant Clergy Association |
| Other political affiliations |
Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987) |
| Spouse(s) | Effat Marashi (1958–2017, his death) |
| Children |
Fatemeh Mohsen Faezeh Mehdi Yasser |
| Signature |  |
| Website | Official website |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Iran
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| Commands | Second-in-Command of Iran's Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Battles/wars | Iran-Iraq War |
| Awards |
 Order of Fath (1st grade) |
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, translit. Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī 
pronunciation or Hashemi Bahramani; 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 the final years of the Iran–Iraq War, Rafsanjani was the de facto commander-in-chief of the Iranian military. He was elected chairman of the Iranian parliament in 1980, serving until 1989. He played an important role in the choice of Ali Khamenei as Supreme Leader.
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.
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