Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani

Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani
Deputy Leader of Executives of Construction Party
In office 4 December 1996 – 4 May 2011
Leader	Gholamhossein Karbaschi Mohammad Ali Najafi
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Hossein Marashi
Leader of Executives of Construction Party
In office 4 March 1996 – 4 December 1996
Preceded by	None
Succeeded by	Gholamhossein Karbaschi
Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB)
In office 21 July 1984 – 21 July 1994
Preceded by	Sadeq Ghotbzadeh
Succeeded by	Ali Larijani
Personal details
Born	December 9, 1940 (1940-12-09) (age 70) Kerman, Iran
Alma mater	UC Berkeley
Religion	Twelver Shia Islam

Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani (also Mohammad Hashemi) is an Iranian politician who has been a member of the Expediency Discernment Council since 1997. Before that he served as vice president in charge of executive affairs during the presidency of his older brother, Hojatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and later under President Mohammad Khatami. Before that he was the head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting for 10 years.^[1][2] Mohammad Hashemi is an alumnus of UC Berkeley.

Unlike his brother Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani he is not an Islamic cleric.

References and notes

1. ^ RFE/RL Iran Report 15 March 1999, Volume 2, Number 11
2. ^ http://members.tripod.com/shoma_web/khatami_cabinet.htm#2

External links

• Iran: Youth Leader Discusses Recent Local Elections

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Name	Hashemi Rafsanjani, Mohammad
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Date of birth	9 December 1940
Place of birth	Kerman, Iran
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