Background
Velayati, Ali Akbar was born on June 25, 1945 in Tehran, Iran. Son of Ali Asghar and Zobeideh Velayati.
Iranian government official pediatrician
Velayati, Ali Akbar was born on June 25, 1945 in Tehran, Iran. Son of Ali Asghar and Zobeideh Velayati.
Degree in general medicine, Tehran Medical University, Tehran, 1971. Degree in pediatrics, Tehran Medical University, 1974. Postgraduate, Johns Hopkins University, 1976.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), State University Kazakhstan.
Joined National Front (of Mossadegh) 1961. A founder of the Islamic Association of Faculty of Medicine, Teheran University 1963. Underground political activities in support of Ayatollah Khomeini 1979.
Vice-Minister, Ministry of Health 1979-1980. Proposed for Prime Minister by Ayatollah Khomeini October 1981 (candidature rejected by the Majlis). Minister of Foreign Affairs December since 1981.
Member central committee Islamic Republic Party, Tehran, since 1982. Member Supreme Council Cultural Revolution. Member Iranian Pediatrics Association.
Married Shirin Khoshnevissan. 4 children.