Ali Akbar Salehi
Ali Akbar Salehi (Persian: علیاکبر صالحی, ⓘ; born 24 March 1949) is an Iranian academic, diplomat and former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, who served in this position from 2009 to 2010 and also from 2013 to 2021. He served for the first time as head of the AEOI from 2009 to 2010 and was appointed to the post for a second time on 16 August 2013. Before the appointment of his latter position, he was foreign affairs minister from 2010 to 2013. He was also the Iranian representative in the International Atomic Energy Agency from 1998 to 2003.
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Salehi in 2021 | |
| 6th Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran | |
| In office 16 August 2013 – 29 August 2021 | |
| President | Hassan Rouhani |
| Preceded by | Fereydoon Abbasi |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Eslami |
| In office 16 July 2009 – 13 December 2010 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Gholam Reza Aghazadeh |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Ahmadian (acting) |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran | |
| In office 30 January 2011 – 15 August 2013 Acting: 13 December 2010 – 30 January 2011 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Manouchehr Mottaki |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Javad Zarif |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 24 March 1949 Karbala, Iraq |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Spouse | Zahra Rada |
| Children | 3 |
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| Academic background and work | |
| Fields | Nuclear engineering Nuclear physics |
| Alma mater | American University of Beirut Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Thesis | Resonance Region Neutronics of Unit Cells in Fast and Thermal Reactors (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Michael J. Driscoll |
| Institutions | Sharif University of Technology Imam Khomeini International University |
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