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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

1956 - Today

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (né Sabbaghian; 28 October 1956) is an Iranian politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. Ideologically a principlist and nationalist, he is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and a strong supporter of Iran's nuclear programme. He was also the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country, and served as mayor of Tehran from 2003 to 2005, reversing many of his predecessor's reforms. An engineer and teacher from a poor background, he was ideologically shaped by thinkers such as Navvab Safavi, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, and Ahmad Fardid. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the 1,300th most popular politician (down from 795th in 2019), the 51st most popular biography from Iran (down from 40th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Iranian Politician.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is most famous for being the president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He also served as the mayor of Tehran from 2003 to 2005.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ranks 1,300 out of 19,576. Before him are Alaeddin Pasha, Paul-Henri Spaak, Aristide Briand, Sahle-Work Zewde, Tony Blair, and Decebalus. After him are Frederick VIII of Denmark, Edward the Elder, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Artemisia I of Caria, John II Komnenos, and Napoléon, Prince Imperial.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ranks 6. Before him are Tom Hanks, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Steve Ballmer, Mel Gibson, and Christoph Waltz. After him are Björn Borg, John Lydon, Paolo Rossi, Christine Lagarde, José Manuel Barroso, and Katerina Sakellaropoulou.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ranks 51 out of 631. Before him are Hassan Rouhani (1948), Doris Lessing (1919), Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (903), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), and Reza Shah (1878). After him are Mahsa Amini (1999), Yazdegerd III (624), Ghazan (1271), Astyages (-700), Cambyses I (-600), and Báb (1819).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ranks 23. Before him are Ardashir I (180), Shapur I (150), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882), and Reza Shah (1878). After him are Yazdegerd III (624), Ghazan (1271), Astyages (-700), Cambyses I (-600), Öljaitü (1280), and Moshe Katsav (1945).

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