Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was a powerful Iranian cleric, politician, and pragmatist who served as president of Iran from 1989 to 1997 and played a central role in shaping the Islamic Republic’s post-revolution politics and economy.

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instanceOf Iranian politician
Islamic Republic of Iran politician
Shia cleric
human
revolutionary
allyAndRivalOf Ali Khamenei NERFINISHED
birthDate 1934-08-25
birthPlace Bahreman NERFINISHED
Iran NERFINISHED
Kerman Province NERFINISHED
Rafsanjan County NERFINISHED
burialPlace Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
child Faezeh Hashemi NERFINISHED
Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani NERFINISHED
citizenship Iran NERFINISHED
closeAllyOf Ruhollah Khomeini NERFINISHED
countryLed Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED
deathDate 2017-01-08
deathPlace Iran NERFINISHED
Tehran NERFINISHED
economicPolicy post-war reconstruction and economic liberalization
educatedAt Hawza of Qom NERFINISHED
Qom Seminary NERFINISHED
era post-1979 Islamic Republic politics
familyName Hashemi NERFINISHED
Rafsanjani NERFINISHED
givenName Akbar NERFINISHED
ideology Islamic republicanism
Islamism NERFINISHED
knownFor influential role in shaping Iran’s political system after 1979
pragmatic approach to domestic and foreign policy
languageSpoken Persian
memberOf Association of Combatant Clerics (historical association) NERFINISHED
Combatant Clergy Association NERFINISHED
Islamic Republican Party NERFINISHED
notableRole key architect of Iran’s post-war reconstruction
key figure in the Iranian Revolution
notableWork Memoirs of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani NERFINISHED
numberOfChildren 5
occupation author
businessman
cleric
politician
officeEnd 1997-08-03
officeHeld President of Iran 1989–1997
officeStart 1989-08-03
parliamentSpeakerEnd 1989
parliamentSpeakerStart 1980
politicalAlignment centrist
pragmatic conservative
positionHeld Chairman of the Assembly of Experts
Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Iran (acting) NERFINISHED
Deputy Minister of Interior of Iran
President of Iran NERFINISHED
Speaker of the Parliament of Iran
precededBy Ali Khamenei as President of Iran NERFINISHED
religion Islam
Shia Islam
spouse Effat Marashi NERFINISHED
succeededBy Mohammad Khatami as President of Iran NERFINISHED

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Expediency Discernment Council formerChairperson Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Khatami precededBy Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
this entity surface form: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (as President of Iran)