Biography of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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October 28, 1956 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was born in Aradan, Iran, near Garmsar (Iran), the October 28, 1956. The father, blacksmith, moved the family to Tehran when Mahmoud has only one year. Admitted to the Iran University of science and technology, began studying civil engineering in 1976. He continued his studies and in 1986 joined the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps; then follows the traffic and transport engineering. Soon after, he became professor at the same University. During the Iran-Iraq war, Ahmadinejad joined the Group of guardians of the Islamic revolution. After military training takes part in a secret mission outside Iranian territory, which aims to attack the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. Later became the Chief Engineer of the Sixth Army of the guardians of the revolution and head of the western regions of Iran. After the war he became Lieutenant-Governor and Governor of the city of Maku and Kho, Advisor to the Ministry of culture and Islamic Guidance and Governor of the new province of Ardabil (from 1993 to 1997). His political career began in 2003 when on May 3 was elected Mayor of Tehran, a position he holds until June of 2005. Conservative religious is a member of the Central Council of the Islamic Society of Engineers; It still has a much stronger political base within the Alliance of builders of Islamic Iran (also called Abadgaran); Ahmadinejad is considered one of the main figures within this formation. On June 24, 2005 is elected President of Iran (in the second round, beating the rival former President Rafsanjani). In Office since August 3, 2005, is the sixth President of Iran. His political victory in this event, as its popularity, it must mostly to his simple lifestyle, he does consider a defender of the poor and the wealthy classes, looked at as a model of religious integrity, not corrupted by power. The victory has perhaps been aided by his firm stance against the United States. After his election said that "thanks to the blood of the martyrs a new Islamic revolution has arisen and the Islamic revolution of 1384 (according to the calendar year of the Hijra), God willing, will cut the roots of injustice in the world" and that "soon the wave of the Islamic revolution will reach the whole world." On the occasion, he also mentioned that he has developed an extensive programme to combat terrorism, with the aim of improving relations between Iran and foreign countries: "people should visit anywhere you want freely. People should have the freedom to fulfill their pilgrimages and their trips. " During the Student Conference "the world without Zionism" (October 2005), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, citing Iranian Supreme leader Khomeini, old, calls for the destruction of Israel and its cancellation from the geographical map; condemns also all Islamic countries that recognize the existence of Israel: international public opinion believes that this attack is directed especially to Qatar, Bahrain and Pakistan, and what most worries, Egypt. The day after these statements, Ariel Sharon, then Israel's Prime Minister, calling for the expulsion of Iran from the United Nations, while Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom calls for convening an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. At this meeting all 15 members condemned Ahmadinejad's statements. Kofi Annan expressed dismay at the comments and reiterates the obligations of Iran and Israel's right to exist. Ahmadinejad responds reaffirming his position "by wishing death to Israel and America". Declares: "my words are the words of Iran. Westerners are free to King, but their reactions are useless". Always in foreign policy, Ahmadinejad launches intense diplomatic relations with Russia, creating a Department responsible for and working with Vladimir Putin to resolve the nuclear crisis in Iran. Between 2008 and 2009 financially, the economic policy of the President of Iran is accused both internally and internationally to have led the country to financial ruin