Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ; (academic, politician, engineer, 9-11/Dissident);
Born	Mahmoud Sabbaghian; 1956-10-28; Aradan, Iran
Alma mater	Iran University of Science and Technology
Religion	Islam
Children	• Mehdi Alireza; • Fatemeh
Spouse	Azam Farahi
Interests	9-11
Party	Alliance of Builders
	President of Iran
In office
	3 August 2005 - 3 August 2013
Succeeded by	Hassan Rouhani
	Mayor of Tehran
In office
	20 June 2003 - 3 August 2005
	Governor of Ardabil
In office
	1 May 1993 - 28 June 1997
	Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement
In office
	30 August 2012 - 3 August 2013
Succeeded by	Hassan Rouhani
	Acting Minister of Petroleum
In office
	16 May 2011 - 2 June 2011
	Acting Minister of Intelligence
In office
	26 July 2009 - 5 August 2009
	Governor of Ardabil Province
In office
	28 November 1993 - 29 October 1997
	Acting
In office
	16 May 2011 - 2 June 2011
	Acting
In office
	26 July 2009 - 5 August 2009

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an Iranian politician. He has a sizeable following on Twitter.

Biography

He was the President of Iran from 2005 to 2013.

Ahmadinejad followed Iran's long-standing policy of refusing to recognize Israel. He supported Palestine and Venezuela.

Title	Document type	Publication date	Subject(s)	Description
Document:Ahmadinejad 2010 UN Speech	speech	23 September 2010	9-11	The Iranian President proposed to the UN that they "set up an independent fact-finding group for the event of September 11th so that in the future, expressing views about it is not forbidden." Obama found the idea "offensive" and "inexcusable", and the US, EU, and Israeli representatives walked out en bloc.
Document:Ahmadinijad UN Statement 2011	statement	22 September 2011	9-11 US

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