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Mahmoud Ahmedinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad portrait 2013.jpg
6th President of Iran
In office
3 August 2005 – 3 August 2013
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
First Vice President Parviz Davoodi
Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
Mohammad Reza Rahimi
Preceded by Mohammad Khatami
Succeeded by Hassan Rouhani
Minister of Petroleum
Acting
In office
16 May 2011 – 2 June 2011
President Himself
Preceded by Masoud Mir-Kazemi
Succeeded by Mohammad Aliabadi (Acting)
Minister of Intelligence
Acting
In office
26 July 2009 – 5 August 2009
President Himself
Preceded by Gholam-Hossein Eje'i
Succeeded by Heydar Moslehi
Mayor of Tehran
In office
3 May 2003 – 3 August 2005
Preceded by Mohammad-Hossein Moghimi
Succeeded by Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf
Governor of Ardabil Province
In office
28 November 1993 – 29 October 1997
President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by Province created
Succeeded by Seyyed Hamid Tahayi
Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
In office
30 August 2012 – 3 August 2013
Preceded by Mohamed Morsi
Succeeded by Hassan Rouhani
Personal details
Born Mahmoud Sabbaghian
(1956-10-28) 28 October 1956 (age 60)
Aradan, Semnan, Iran
Political party
Spouse(s) Azam Farahi (1980–present)
Children 3
Relatives Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (co-fathers-in-law)
Residence Square 72, Narmak, Tehran
Alma mater Iran University of Science and Technology
Occupation University professor
Profession Traffic engineer
Religion Islam (Twelver)
Signature Signature of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Military service
Allegiance Iran Iran
Service/branch Revolutionary Guards
Years of service 1986–1988
Rank None
Unit Hamzeh Headquarters
Commands Combat engineering Unit, 6th Special Division
Battles/wars

Iran–Iraq War


Iran–Iraq War

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Persian: محمود احمدی‌نژاد‎, translit. Mahmūd Ahmadinezhād[mæhmuːd(-e) æhmædiːneʒɒːd], born Mahmoud Sabbaghian (Persian: صباغیان‎, translit. Sabbāghyān‎) on 28 October 1956) is an Iranian politician who was the sixth President of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He was also the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country.

An engineer and teacher from a poor background,, ideologically shaped by thinkers such as Navvab Safavi, Jalal Al-e Ahmad and Ahmad Fardid, Ahmadinejad joined the Office for Strengthening Unity after the Iranian Revolution. Appointed a provincial governor, he was removed after the election of President Mohammad Khatami and returned to teaching. Tehran's council elected him mayor in 2003. He took a religious hard line, reversing reforms of previous moderate mayors. His 2005 presidential campaign, supported by the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, garnered 62% of the runoff election votes, and he became President on 3 August 2005.


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