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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [ c ] born Mahmoud Sabbaghian [ 5 ] [ d ] on 28 October [ 12 ] [ 13 ] is an Iranian principlist and nationalist politician who served as the sixth president of Iran from to He is currently a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He was known for his hardline views and nuclearisation of Iran.

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 to , reversing many of his predecessor's reforms. An engineer and teacher from a poor background, [ 14 ] he was ideologically shaped by thinkers such as Navvab Safavi , Jalal Al-e-Ahmad , and Ahmad Fardid.

During his presidency, Ahmadinejad was a controversial figure both in Iran and worldwide.

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He was criticized domestically for his economic policies, [ 23 ] and was accused of disregard for human rights by organizations in North America and Europe. In , Ahmadinejad introduced a gasoline rationing plan to reduce the country's fuel consumption and cut the interest rates that private and public banking facilities could charge. His election to a second term in was widely disputed, [ 28 ] [ 29 ] and led to widespread protests domestically and criticism from Western countries.

During his second term, Ahmadinejad experienced a power struggle with reformers and other traditionalists in Parliament and the Revolutionary Guard , [ 31 ] as well as with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei , [ 32 ] over his dismissal of intelligence minister Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i and his support for his controversial close adviser, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei.

On 12 April , Ahmadinejad announced that he intended to run for a third term in the presidential election , against the objections of Supreme Leader Khamenei.