Akbar Torkan
| Akbar Turkan | |
|---|---|
 Turkan in August 2014 | |
| Minister of Roads and Transportation | |
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In office 6 September 1993 – 20 August 1997 | |
| President | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Saeedikia |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Hojjati |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 21 August 1989 – 20 August 1993 | |
| President | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Hossein Jalali |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Forouzandeh |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1952 (age 63–64) Tehran, Iran |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Moderation and Development Party |
| Residence | Tehran |
| Alma mater | Sharif University |
| Religion | Islam |
Akbar Turkan is an Iranian mechanical engineer[1][2] and politician who is the current CEO of Iran's Construction Engineering Organization and also President Hassan Rouhani's chief adviser since 5 August 2013. He was the Minister of Defense and Minister of Roads and Transportation in the government headed by President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
Career and political stance
Turkan graduated from Sharif University of Technology.[3] He was governor of Hormozagan, and Ilam provinces after revolution in 1979. Eventhough he was always a civil figure he served as the head of the defense industries establishment during wartime. After the war a supported president Rafsanjani in his election.
He was appointment as the Minister of Defense in 1989 by Rafsanjani in his cabinet in his first term.[3] He was approved by the Majlis with a majority vote, 242 for and 10 against.[3] In second term of Rafsanjani's presidency, Turkan was appointed as the Minister of Roads and Transportation.[4]
According to the Tehran Times, Turkan is one of Rouhani's "trusted members of Rohani’s inner circle." The same source said that he is known for his liberal views on a market economy, and that he served as the deputy director of Rouhani's presidential campaign.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/details/225839
- ↑ http://www.irceo.net/fullstory.aspx?id=3126
- 1 2 3 Ehteshami, Anoushiravan (1991). "After Khomeini: the Structure of Power in the Iranian Second Republic". Political Studies. XXXIX: 148–157. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9248.1991.tb00586.x. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ↑ همه چیز درباره رئیسجمهور هفتم BBC Persian. 2 August 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ↑ "Rohani appoints Turkan as head of advisors," Tehran Times (27 August 2013).
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