Ali Akbar Hashemi Bahramani Rafsanjani (né Bahramani; 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.
Rafsanjani became President of Iran after winning the 1989 election. He served another term by winning the election in 1993. In the 2005 election he ran for a third term in office, placing first in the first round of elections but ultimately losing to rival Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the run-off. He and his family faced political isolation for their support of the opposition in 2009. Rafsanjani entered the race for the 2013 presidential election, but he was disqualified by the Guardian Council. With Hassan Rouhani's election, in which Rafsanjani openly supported him, the Rafsanjani family gradually recovered their political reputation. Rafsanjani died in 2017, following a heart attack, in a hospital in Tehran at the age of 82. Although government officials attributed his death to cardiac arrest, his sudden death prompted speculation that he had been assassinated. His family strongly asserted that he had been murdered. Further investigation revealed that his body was highly radioactive.
Rafsanjani has been described as a pragmatic Islamic conservative. The Economist called him a "veteran kingmaker". He supported a capitalist free market position domestically, favoring privatization of state-owned industries and a moderate position internationally, seeking to avoid conflict with the United States and the West. He was also the founder of, and one of the Board of Trustees of Azad University. In 2003, Forbes estimated his personal wealth to be in excess of US$1 billion.
Bővebben...A 1934. augusztus 25. egy szombat volt a ♍ csillagjegy alatt. Ez volt az év 236 napja. Az Egyesült Államok elnöke Franklin D. Roosevelt volt.
Ha ezen a napon születtél, akkor 91 éves vagy. Az utolsó születésnapod 2025. augusztus 25., hétfő, 270 napja volt. A következő születésnapod 2026. augusztus 25., kedd napon lesz, 94 nap múlva. 33 508 napot élt, vagy körülbelül 804 197 órát, vagy körülbelül 48 251 855 percet vagy körülbelül 2 895 111 300 másodpercet.
Date: 26 August 1934
By MILDRED ADAMS
Mildred ADAMS
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Date: 26 August 1934
By FERDINAND KUHN Jr.Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMESBy FERDINAND KUHN Jr
Ferdinand KUHN
Being superseded by M M Malaviya in Cong partly due to religious issue; split menaces constitutional reform program
Date: 26 August 1934
By The Associated Press
Protests against alleged failure of Manchukuoan troops to guard Chinese Eastern Ry
Date: 26 August 1934
By FREDERICK T. BIRCHALL.By FREDERICK T. BIRCHALL
Frederick BIRCHALL
Expelled from Germany for slur on Hitler written in 1931; comment; por
Date: 26 August 1934
By HENRY R. ILSLEY
Henry ILSLEY
Officials believe new system of appointing judges will prove satisfactory; changes
Date: 26 August 1934
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES
Charges that brain trust is planning govt press service; denial by Roosevelt
Date: 26 August 1934
By P.W. WILSON
P. WILSON
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Date: 26 August 1934