mahmoud ahmadinejad

2. SELF INTRODUCTION
SHAMS UR RAHMAN
MPA 2nd SEMESTER
ROLL#32
IMS UOP

3.  MAHMOUD
AHMADINEJA
D
EX PRESIDENT
OF IRAN

4.  Birth name: Mahmoud Saborjhian
 Birth date: October 28, 1956
 Birth place: Aradan, Iran
 Father: Ahmad Saborjhian, a blacksmith.
Ahmadinejad's father changed the family name
from Saborjhian to Ahmadinejad after the family
moved to Tehran.
 Mother: Seiyed Khano
 Marriage: Azam Farahi
 Children: Two sons and a daughter
 sixth president of iran

5.  He went to primary and high school in
Tehran.
 He received high marks on the national
university entrance exams.
 He entered the Iran University of Science and
Technology in 1975 and received his
undergraduate degree in civil engineering in
1979.
 He also received Ph.D in transportation
engineering from iran university of science
and technology.

6.  It wasn't until he attended Iran University that
Ahmadinejad became politically active.
 He joined the Islamic Association of Students
in the Science and Technology University.
 In 1986, Ahmadinejad began his master's
program in engineering at Iran University of
Science and Technology and in 1989 he
joined the faculty.
 He married another university professor, and
the couple had two sons and a daughter
together

7.  . Ahmadinejad also held a number of government
posts during this time.
 He was appointed governor of Maku and Khoy,
cities in the West Azerbaijan province.
 In 1993, he served as an advisor for the ministry
of culture and higher education
 In 1993, he was also appointed governor general
of the newly established northwest province of
Ardebil and served there for four years.
 Ahmadinejad received his doctorate in
transportation engineering in 1997 and returned
to his teaching position at the university.

8.  In 2003, Ahmadinejad was appointed mayor of Tehran
by the
city council
 He was little known outside of Iran at this time, but his
charisma and political skills became quickly evident.
 As mayor, Ahmadinejad began repealing reforms put
in effect by the moderates, and imposed new cultural
restrictions favored by the mullahs—Iran's religious
leadership—including the closing of Western fast-food
restaurants and the covering of billboards with
Western references.
 He turned many of the cultural centers into prayer halls
during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
 He also ordered all male city employees to have beards
and wear long sleeves.

9.  In 2005, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ran for the
Iranian presidency.
 Ahmadinejad promised to address the poverty
and social injustices in Iran, and to work to end
corruption.
 He campaigned on the slogan, "We can do it,"
and was the only presidential candidate to speak
out against improving relations with the United
States.
 June 24, 2005 - Wins Iran's presidential election
by a landslide, defeating Ayatollah Hashemi
Rafsanjani. Ahmadinejad gets approximately
62%.

10.  Ahmadinejad wanted to continue to live in
his own house after being elected president,
until security advisers forced him to move.
 He took out the expensive furniture and rugs
in the presidential palace and replaced them
with less expensive furnishings.
 He refused the VIP seat on the presidential
plane and eventually replaced it with a cargo
plane.

11.  Iran's real GDP reflected growth of the economy.
 Inflation and unemployment have also decreased
under Ahmadinejad.
 Ahmadinejad increased spending by 25% and
supported subsidies for food and petrol.
 Interest rates were cut by presidential decree to
below the inflation rate.
 12 trillion rial (US$1.3 billion) fund called "Reza's
Compassion Fund", named after Shi'a Imam Ali
al-Rida. Ahmadinejad's government said this
fund would tap Iran's oil revenues to help young
people get jobs, afford marriage, and buy their
own homes.

12.  In 2006, the Ahmadinejad government
reportedly forced numerous Iranian scientists
and university professors to resign or to retire.
 It has been referred to as the "second cultural
revolution“ The policy has been said to replace
old professors with younger ones.
 In November 2006, 53 university professors had
to retire from Iran University of Science and
Technology.
 Ahmadinejad has been a vocal supporter
of Iran's nuclear program.

14.  The former
outspoken Iranian
president now takes
the bus to work
where he teaches at
the University of
Science and
Technology.

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