Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani

Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: محمد هاشمی رفسنجانی; born 29 August 1942^[1]) is an Iranian politician who was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council from 1997 to 2012. He served as vice president in charge of executive affairs during the presidency of his older brother, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and later under the first cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami. He was also the head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting^[2] for 12 and half years, and was replaced by Ali Larijani in the post.^[3] Mohammad Hashemi is an alumnus of UC Berkeley.^{[citation needed]} After the death of his brother in 2017, Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani, he launched a presidential campaign, but it was not approved by the Guardian Council.

Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani registration at 2017 presidential election
Supervisor of Presidential Administration of Iran
In office 3 August 1997 – 26 August 2001
President	Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Hassan Habibi
Succeeded by	Mohammad Reza Aref
Vice President of Iran for Executive Affairs
In office 14 August 1995 – 26 August 2001
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Khatami
Preceded by	Hamid Mirzadeh
Succeeded by	Ali Saeedlou
Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
In office 6 August 1981 – 13 February 1994
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Succeeded by	Ali Larijani
Personal details
Born	Mohammad Hashemi Bahramani (1942-08-29) August 29, 1942 (age 82) Rafsanjan, Iran
Political party	Executives of Construction Party
Alma mater	University of California at Berkeley

References

1. "زندگی نامه". 21 June 2014.
2. RFE/RL Iran Report 15 March 1999, Volume 2, Number 11
3. Feuilherade, Peter (1 April 1994). "Iran: media and the message". The Middle East. Retrieved 19 June 2013.

External links

• Iran: Youth Leader Discusses Recent Local Elections