Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Age, Wiki and Bio

Quick Info

Profession	Politician
Nationality	Iranian
Date of Birth	25/08/1934
Age	82 years (died on 08, Jan, 2017)
Birthplace	Bahreman, Persia
Date of Death	08/01/2017

Bio/Wiki

Real Name	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Nickname	Not Known

Physical Stats & More

Height	162 cm
Weight	70 kg
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Greyish and White

Educational Qualification(s)

School	Qom Hawza, Qom, Iran
College	Not Known
Degree	Degree in Theology

Personal Life

Zodiac sign	Virgo
Date of Death	08/01/2017
Place of Death	Tehran, Iran
Death Cause	Heart Attack
Hometown	Bahreman, Persia

Family

Father

Mirza Ali Hashemi Behramani

Mother

Hajie Khanom Mahbibi Hashemi

Siblings

Brothers - Mohammad Hashemi, Mahmoud, Ahmad and Ghasem; Sisters - Tayyebeh, Tahereh, Sedigheh

Spouse

Effat Marashi (M. 1958)

Children

Son	Mohsen Mehdi Yasser
Daughter	Fatemeh Faezeh

Career

Political Journey	Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly since 28 May 1980 President of Iran from 1989 to 1997 Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council of Iran from 1989 until his death
Biggest Rival	Abbas Sheibani Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Controversies	Allegations in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires Involvement in the Mykonos trial in Germany in 1997

Some Lesser Known Facts

He was born into a well-off family involved in pistachio farming.
He was against the Shah's White Revolution.
He was arrested on multiple occasions for his opposition activities.
He played a role in establishing the Traditionalist Combatant Clergy Association.
He narrowly survived assassination attempts in 1979 and 1994.