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Mohammad Javad Zarif

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Mohammad Javad Zarif (Persian pronunciation: [mohæmːædd͡ʒæˌvɒːde zæˌɾiːf]; born 8 January 1960) is an Iranian career diplomat and academic. He served as the vice president for strategic affairs from August 2024 to March 2025. He was the foreign minister of Iran from 2013 until 2021 in the government of Hassan Rouhani. During his tenure as foreign minister, Zarif led the Iranian negotiation with P5+1 countries which produced the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action on 14 July 2015, lifting the economic sanctions against Iran on 16 January 2016. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammad Javad Zarif is the 12,028th most popular politician (up from 12,120th in 2024), the 300th most popular biography from Iran (up from 322nd in 2019) and the 149th most popular Iranian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammad Javad Zarif ranks 12,028 out of 19,576. Before him are Jo Gwang-jo, Askold and Dir, Ferdinand de Marsin, Stefano Domenicali, José Miguel Carrera, and Pietro Loredan. After him are Setthathirath, Rashid Karami, Ibrahim Nasir, Ali Mohammed Ghedi, Meng Hongwei, and Cirilo Antonio Rivarola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Mohammad Javad Zarif ranks 159. Before him are Jürgen Schult, Richard Linklater, Merlene Ottey, Wayne Rainey, Micheál Martin, and Fabiola Gianotti. After him are Nobuyo Fujishiro, Omar Sharmarke, Adam Clayton, Peggy Whitson, Jan Wouters, and Rob Marshall.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif ranks 300 out of 631. Before him are Sohrab Sepehri (1928), Ali Akbar Velayati (1945), Lady Adela (1847), Mohammad Reza Aref (1951), Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (935), and Mohammad Ali Jafari (1957). After him are Behrouz Vossoughi (1938), Sadegh Khalkhali (1926), Samad Behrangi (1939), Nima Yooshij (1897), Ahmad Shamlou (1925), and Subh-i-Azal (1831).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif ranks 149. Before him are Ahmad Qavam (1876), Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani (1931), Malek Jahan Khanom (1805), Ali Akbar Velayati (1945), Lady Adela (1847), and Mohammad Reza Aref (1951). After him are Mojtaba Khamenei (1969), Jamshid Amouzegar (1923), Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel (1945), Mohsen Rezaee (1954), Sadeq Khan Zand (1800), and Mirza Kuchik Khan (1880).

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