Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was born on 28 October 1956 in Aradan. An Iranian politician, Ahmadinejad was an engineer and a veteran of the Revolutionary Guards before becoming mayor of Tehran in 2003. He won the presidency in 2005 as a populist hardliner and served two terms, until 2013. His government expanded Iran's nuclear programme, leading to United Nations and Western sanctions, and he made inflammatory statements about Israel and cast doubt on the Holocaust, which drew widespread condemnation. His disputed re-election in 2009 provoked large protests, known as the Green Movement, which were suppressed. He later fell out with the Supreme Leader, and his attempts to run again in 2017 and 2021 were blocked by the electoral authorities.
Before and after
- 1 October 1956Birth of Theresa May
- 18 October 1956Birth of Martina Navratilova
- 21 October 1956Birth of Carrie Fisher
- from 23 October 1956 to 10 November 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 28 October 1956Birth of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- from 29 October 1956 to 7 November 1956Suez Crisis
- 8 November 1956Discovery of Comet Arend–Roland
- from 5 December 1956 to 29 March 1961Treason Trial
- 20 December 1956Montgomery bus boycott
More in Science & technology
- 1945Invention of computer
- 1964Discovery of rutherfordium
- 29 October 1969Invention of Internet
- 18 February 1970Discovery of dubnium
- July 1974Discovery of seaborgium
- 1984Discovery of hassium
The era
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