Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was an Iranian politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from 2005 to 2013. Ideologically a principlist and nationalist, he was a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and a strong supporter of Iran's nuclear programme. He was also the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country, and served as mayor of Tehran from 2003 to 2005, reversing many of his predecessor's reforms.

• •Ahmadinejad earned a doctorate in civil engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology in 1986.
• •Before entering politics, Ahmadinejad was a university professor teaching traffic and transportation engineering.
• •During the Iran-Iraq war, Ahmadinejad served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) engineering unit, although his exact role remains debated.
• •Ahmadinejad served as the mayor of Tehran from 2003 to 2005, prior to becoming president.