Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He was born in 1956 in Iran and studied civil engineering, receiving his PhD from the Iran University of Science and Technology. He held various government posts and became mayor of Tehran in 2003 before being elected president in 2005. As president, he implemented conservative social policies and increased government spending while supporting Iran's nuclear program. After leaving office, he now teaches at the University of Science and Technology and takes public transportation to work.

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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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