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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

1934 - 2017

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Akbar Hashemi Bahramani Rafsanjani (25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was the fourth president of Iran from 1989 to 1997. One of the founding fathers of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Rafsanjani 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, Rafsanjani 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is the 2,373rd most popular politician (down from 1,301st in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Iran (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 38th most popular Iranian Politician.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is most famous for being a former president of Iran.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ranks 2,373 out of 19,576. Before him are U Nu, Bumin Qaghan, Bounnhang Vorachith, Eric VI of Denmark, Sophia Palaiologina, and Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy. After him are Elsa Einstein, William V, Prince of Orange, Stephen II of Hungary, Louise of Orléans, Palmiro Togliatti, and Sahure.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ranks 40. Before him are Paco Rabanne, Kenny Baker, Jacques Anquetil, Larisa Latynina, Paul Cohen, and Empress Michiko. After him are Alexei Leonov, Bengt I. Samuelsson, Richard Meier, Georges Moustaki, Louise Fletcher, and Bill Bixby. Among people deceased in 2017, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ranks 35. Before him are Johnny Hallyday, Martin Landau, Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Mário Soares, Simone Veil, and Slobodan Praljak. After him are Liu Xiaobo, Richard F. Gordon Jr., Mauno Koivisto, Tzvetan Todorov, Louise Hay, and Liliane Bettencourt.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ranks 77 out of 631. Before him are Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Psamtik III (-590), Osroes I (50), Babak Khorramdin (798), and The Iron Sheik (1942). After him are Sogdianus of Persia (-500), Bayazid Bastami (804), Jamshīd al-Kāshī (1380), Mohammad Khatami (1943), Al-Hadi (764), and Miskawayh (932).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ranks 38. Before him are Achaemenes (-800), Shapur II (309), Cyrus I (-690), Tekuder (1247), Psamtik III (-590), and Osroes I (50). After him are Sogdianus of Persia (-500), Mohammad Khatami (1943), Al-Hadi (764), Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah (873), Ismail II (1533), and Abbas II of Persia (1633).

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