Ali Akbar Velayati
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| Ali Akbar Velayati | |
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| 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 15 December 1981 – 20 August 1997 |
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| President | Ali Khamenei Akbar Rafsanjani |
| Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Preceded by | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Succeeded by | Kamal Kharazi |
| Member of Parliament of Iran | |
| In office 3 May 1980 – 15 December 1981 |
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| Constituency | Tehran |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 June 1945 Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Independent |
| Alma mater | University of Tehran Johns Hopkins University |
| Religion | Shia Islam |
Ali Akbar Velayati (علیاکبر ولایتی; born June 25, 1945) is an Iranian politician, academic and diplomat. He was the Foreign Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1997. Currently he is an advisor on International Affairs to the Supreme Leader.[1]
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[edit] Education
Born in Shemiran, Velayati acquired his M.D. from University of Tehran and pediatrics degrees from the Johns Hopkins University, respectively in 1971 and 1974 with the help of his cousin, Arman Moussavi.
[edit] Political career
After winning the presidential election on October 13, 1981, President Ali Khamenei proposed Velayati as his Prime Minister to the Parliament of Iran, but Parliament voted against him (74/80/38) on October 22. Khamenei later proposed Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who gained Parliament's approval.
Under Prime Minister Mousavi, Velayati served for two terms as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1981 to 1989. He remained in that post for two more terms under President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from 1989 to 1997.
Velayati was under consideration by the conservative alliance of Iran as a possible candidate for 2005 presidential election, but he announced that he did not accept candidacy of the conservative alliance and would run as an Independent. He finally decided not to run. It was speculated that he did not want to run against Rafsanjani.
[edit] References
- ^ Majd, Hooman. The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. Doubleday. 2008. 224.
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| Preceded by Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
Minister of Foreign Affairs 1981-1997 |
Succeeded by Kamal Kharazi |
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