Akbar Torkan

Akbar Turkan

Turkan in August 2014
Minister of Roads and Transportation
In office
6 September 1993  20 August 1997
President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by Mohammad Saeedikia
Succeeded by Mahmoud Hojjati
Minister of Defence
In office
21 August 1989  20 August 1993
President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded by Mohammad Hossein Jalali
Succeeded by Mohammad Forouzandeh
Personal details
Born 1952 (age 6364)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Political party Moderation and Development Party
Residence Tehran
Alma mater Sharif University
Religion Islam

Akbar Turkan is an Iranian mechanical engineer[1][2] and politician who is the current CEO of Iran's Construction Engineering Organization and also President Hassan Rouhani's chief adviser since 5 August 2013. He was the Minister of Defense and Minister of Roads and Transportation in the government headed by President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Career and political stance

Turkan graduated from Sharif University of Technology.[3] He was governor of Hormozagan, and Ilam provinces after revolution in 1979. Eventhough he was always a civil figure he served as the head of the defense industries establishment during wartime. After the war a supported president Rafsanjani in his election.

He was appointment as the Minister of Defense in 1989 by Rafsanjani in his cabinet in his first term.[3] He was approved by the Majlis with a majority vote, 242 for and 10 against.[3] In second term of Rafsanjani's presidency, Turkan was appointed as the Minister of Roads and Transportation.[4]

According to the Tehran Times, Turkan is one of Rouhani's "trusted members of Rohani’s inner circle." The same source said that he is known for his liberal views on a market economy, and that he served as the deputy director of Rouhani's presidential campaign.[5]

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