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Mohammad Beheshti

1928 - 1981

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Sayyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti (Persian: سیّد محمد حسینی بهشتی; 24 October 1928 – 28 June 1981) was an Iranian jurist, poetic philosopher, cleric and politician who was known as the second person in the political hierarchy of Iran after the Revolution. Beheshti is considered to have been the primary architect of Iran's post-revolution constitution, as well as the administrative structure of the Islamic republic. Beheshti is also known to have selected and trained several prominent politicians in the Islamic Republic, such as former presidents Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Khatami, Ali Akbar Velayati, Mohammad Javad Larijani, Ali Fallahian, and Mostafa Pourmohammadi. Beheshti also served as the Secretary General of the Islamic Republic Party, and was the head of the Iranian judicial system. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammad Beheshti is the 9,639th most popular politician (down from 9,404th in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Iran (up from 253rd in 2019) and the 130th most popular Iranian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammad Beheshti ranks 9,639 out of 19,576. Before him are Ahmad al-Muqtadir, Burna-Buriash II, Michel Théato, Princess Maria Christina of Saxony, Foday Sankoh, and Prince Munetaka. After him are Mangas Coloradas, Tevfik Esenç, Leopold III, Duke of Anhalt-Dessau, Marián Čalfa, Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine, and Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Mohammad Beheshti ranks 203. Before him are Ulric Neisser, Peter Hans Kolvenbach, Steingrímur Hermannsson, Bella Darvi, Aleksey Batalov, and Line Renaud. After him are Frank Wolff, Cécile Aubry, Jörg Demus, William Peter Blatty, Sisavath Keobounphanh, and Jack Kevorkian. Among people deceased in 1981, Mohammad Beheshti ranks 90. Before him are Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Norman Taurog, Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai, and Nargis. After him are Mariama Bâ, Edith Head, Helmut Gröttrup, Eraldo Monzeglio, Walter Heitler, and Glauber Rocha.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohammad Beheshti ranks 247 out of 631. Before him are Al-Sarakhsi (1009), Ibn Khuzayma (838), Maryam Mirzakhani (1977), Orodes I of Parthia (-190), Marjane Satrapi (1969), and Al-Mahani (820). After him are Daqiqi (1000), Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī (1265), Lotf Ali Khan (1769), Morteza Motahhari (1919), Hayedeh (1942), and Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Mohammad Beheshti ranks 130. Before him are Amir Kabir (1807), Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919), Shapur IV (null), Phraates I (-190), Shams Pahlavi (1917), and Orodes I of Parthia (-190). After him are Lotf Ali Khan (1769), Farahnaz Pahlavi (1963), Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933), Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani (798), Farrokhroo Parsa (1922), and Ahmad Jannati (1927).

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