Hassan rouhani biography

Hassan Rouhani (Persian: ‌حسن روحانی, also transliteratedRuhani, Rohani, Rowhani; born Hassan Feridon‌حسن فریدون; 12 November 1948) is an Iranianpolitician, Mujtahid,^[1]lawyer,^[2] academic and diplomat, who was the President of Iran from 2013 until 2021.

He has been a member of the Assembly of Experts since 1999,^[3] member of the Expediency Council since 1991,^[4] member of the Supreme National Security Council since 1989,^[5] and head of the Center for Strategic Research since 1992.^[6]

Rouhani has been also deputy speaker of the 4th and 5th terms of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis) and secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 1989 to 2005.^[6] In the later capacity, he was also heading Iran's former nuclear negotiating team and was the country's top negotiator with the EU three – UK, France, and Germany – on Iran's nuclear program.^[7]: