Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, محمد هاشمی رفسنجانی; born 29 August 1942) is an Iranian politician who was a member of the

Expediency Discernment Council The Expediency Discernment Council of the System ( fa, مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام ''Majma'-e Taškhīs-e Maslahat-e Nezām'') is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Co ...

from 1997 to 2012. He served as vice president in charge of executive affairs during the presidency of his older brother,

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani ( fa, اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی, Akbar Hāshemī Rafsanjānī, born Akbar Hashemi Bahramani, 25 August 1934 – 8 January 2017) was an Iranian politician, writer, and one of the founding fathers of the Islami ...

, and later under the first cabinet of President Mohammad Khatami. He was also the head of Islamic Republic of Iran BroadcastingRFE/RL Iran Report 15 March 1999, Volume 2, Number 11
/ref> for 12 and half years, and was replaced by

Ali Larijani Ali Ardeshir Larijani ( fa, علی لاریجانی, ; born 3 June 1957) is an Iranian conservative politician, philosopher and former military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran ...

in the post. Mohammad Hashemi is an alumnus of UC Berkeley. After the death of his brother in 2017, Mohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani, he launched a presidential campaign, but it was not approved by the Guardian Council.

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1942 births Living people Members of the Expediency Discernment Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Executives of Construction Party politicians Central Council of the Islamic Republican Party members Vice Presidents of Iran for Executive Affairs {{Iran-politician-stub People from Kerman Province