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Ali Mohammad Besharati
Iranian politician (born 1945) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ali Mohammad Besharati (born 1945) is a senior Iranian politician who served as deputy foreign minister and also, interior minister.
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Early life and education
Besharati was born in Jahrom in 1945.[1][2] He studied medicine. However, he holds a bachelor's degree in education.[1] During the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, when he was a medical student, he was detained and jailed for five years.[3]
Career
Following the 1979 revolution, Besharati was elected as a deputy to the Iranian parliament where he represented Jahrom, Fars province, between 1980 and 1984.[4] He was among the founders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and headed its intelligence unit.[4] He served as the first deputy foreign minister for ten years.[3][5] He was deputy to Ali Akbar Velayati.[6] Besharati also served as an advisor to former President Hashemi Rafsanjani.[7]
Besharati was the interior minister from 16 August 1993 to 2 August 1997 in the cabinet of Hashemi Rafsanjani.[4][8] Besharati succeeded Abdollah Nouri as interior minister.[9][10] Besharati's major task was to organize the election process. It was he who appointed Mahmoud Ahmedinejad as governor.[3]
Then Besharati worked in the Strategic Studies Center.[2] As of 2012 he was serving as the political advisor to the Head of the Expediency Discernment Council.[11]
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