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Hossein Sheikholeslam

1952 - 2020

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Hossein Sheikholeslam (Persian: حسین شیخ‌ الاسلام; 29 November 1952 – 5 March 2020) was an Iranian conservative politician and diplomat who was advisor to the foreign minister Javad Zarif. He also was a member of the Seventh Islamic Parliament of Iran and previously the Iranian ambassador to Syria. Sheikholeslam was Assistant to the parliament Speaker Ali Larijani for the International Affairs. Sheikholeslam was one of the students/militants who held Americans hostage during the Iran hostage crisis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Hossein Sheikholeslam is the 17,942nd most popular politician (down from 16,912th in 2024), the 469th most popular biography from Iran (down from 444th in 2019) and the 189th most popular Iranian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hossein Sheikholeslam ranks 17,942 out of 19,576. Before him are Maud Olofsson, Luisa González, John W. Geary, Davit Bakradze, Elizabeth May, and Harold L. Ickes. After him are Mohammed al-Houthi, Tōru Hashimoto, Artis Pabriks, Janusz Wójcik, Khalida Jarrar, and Brice Hortefeux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Hossein Sheikholeslam ranks 710. Before him are Kim Warwick, Riki Sorsa, Wim Meutstege, Laurie Bird, José Velásquez, and John Hickenlooper. After him are David Amess, Maggie Roswell, Bappi Lahiri, John Carl Buechler, John Rutsey, and Linda M. Godwin. Among people deceased in 2020, Hossein Sheikholeslam ranks 778. Before him are Alexander Vedernikov, Charley Pride, June Foulds, Alfredo Lim, Zoltan Sabo, and Charles Wuorinen. After him are Dave Greenfield, Géza Szőcs, Chilla Porter, Don Edmunds, Ebrahim Alkazi, and Jay Benedict.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Hossein Sheikholeslam ranks 469 out of 631. Before him are Jasmin Tabatabai (1967), Shohreh (1959), Maryam Namazie (1966), Khodadad Azizi (1971), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (1993), and Man Haron Monis (1964). After him are Zar Amir Ebrahimi (1981), Zahra Eshraghi (1964), Yahya Golmohammadi (1971), Vahid Hashemian (1976), Rakhshān Banietemad (1954), and Nasser Shabani (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Hossein Sheikholeslam ranks 189. Before him are Manouchehr Mottaki (1953), Harold Nicolson (1886), Masoumeh Ebtekar (1960), Fatemeh Rahbar (1964), Parviz Davoodi (1952), and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (1960). After him are Hossein Rezazadeh (1978), Abdolmalek Rigi (1979), Omid Nouripour (1975), Valerie Jarrett (1956), Amineh Kakabaveh (1970), and Salima Mazari (1980).

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