Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Ali Movahedi-Kermani (Acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran
In office 15 December 1981 – 20 August 1997
President
Ali Khamenei Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Prime Minister
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by
Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Succeeded by
Kamal Kharazi
Member of the Iranian Islamic Consultative Assembly
In office 28 May 1980 – 15 December 1981
Constituency
Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority
858,305 (52.5%)
Personal details
Born
(1945-06-24) 24 June 1945 (age 78) Shemiranat County, Iran
Political party
Islamic Association of Physicians of Iran Islamic Coalition Party[1]
Other political affiliations
Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987) National Front (1961–1970s)
Spouse(s)
Shirin Khoshnevisan (1980–2003, her death) Leyla Enayati (2007–present)[2]
Children
6
Alma mater
Tehran University of Medical Sciences Johns Hopkins University
Awards
Order of Knowledge (1st class)[3]
Signature
Website
Official website
Ali Akbar Velayati (Persian: علیاکبر ولایتیEnglish pronunciationⓘ; born 24 June 1945, Tehran) is an Iranian conservative politician and physician. He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. Velayati is a distinguished professor at Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, senior adviser to the Supreme Leader in international affairs and head of the board of founders and the board of trustees of the Islamic Azad University.
He is also a member of Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame, Expediency Discernment Council's President of Center for Strategic Research, senior fellow of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences, and also a former member of Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution. He is the secretary-general of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening.
He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for more than fifteen years from December 1981 to August 1997 under Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Presidents Ali Khamenei and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. He is the first and only person to have held this position for over ten years. He was a candidate in 2013 presidential election and lost, coming fifth out of the six candidates garnering 2,268,753 votes, which was 6.18% of the votes.
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^نشانهای دولتی در روزهای پایانی خاتمی و احمدینژاد به چهکسانی رسید؟ (in Persian). Tasnim News Agency. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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a U.S. warship. Speaking to the United Nations Security Council, AliAkbarVelayati, Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, called the shootdown the "most...
questioning the credibility of the foreign minister at the time, AliAkbarVelayati. On 10 January 1982, gunmen opened fire on Seyyed Mohammad Khamenei...
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the elections. AliAkbarVelayati, an Adviser to the Supreme Leader for foreign affairs, and a former Minister of Foreign Affairs. Velayati was supported...
government composed of technocrats. AliAkbarVelayati, International Affairs Advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, stated in October 2014...
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bombing suspects accused of having planned the attack, Mohsen Rezai and AliAkbarVelayati, were candidates for the Iranian presidential elections. In May 2013...
British soldiers. Iran denied any role in the attack. Foreign Minister, AliAkbarVelayati said, "We deny any involvement and we think this allegation is another...
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Order of Knowledge (1st class)[3]