Hassan Rouhani
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About
A member of the Moderation and Development Party, he took office in 2013 as the seventh President of Iran. Earlier in his career, he had held a number of other political appointments, including Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council and Head of the Islamic Consultative Assembly's Commission on Defense.
Before Fame
He studied law at both the University of Tehran and the Glasgow Caledonian University. Also a cleric in the Shia Islam faith, he attended the Qom Seminary.
Trivia
During the 1980s and early 1990s, he held the rank of Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Air Defense Force.
Family Life
His marriage to Sahebeh Rouhani (his cousin) produced four children.
Associated With
He exchanged a 2013 phone call with United States President Barack Obama; this event represented the greatest degree of direct communication between the Iranian and American governments since the late 1970s.
