| Ali Akbar Velayati |
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Velayati served for two terms under Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi from 1981 to 1988 and then two more terms under President Hashemi Rafsanjani from 1988 to 1997. After winning the presidential election on October 13 , 1981 , President Ali Khamenei proposed Velayati as his prime minister to the Majlis Of Iran , but Majlis voted against him (74/80/38) on October 22 . Khamenei later proposed Mir-Hossein Mousavi who gained Majlis's approval. Velayati acquired his M.D. from University Of Tehran and pediatrics degrees from the Johns Hopkins University , respectively in 1971 and 1974 . Velayati was under consideration by the conservative alliance of Iran as a possible candidate for Iranian Presidential Election of 2005 , but he announced that he does not accept candidacy of the conservative alliance and will run as an Independent . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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