英語名人堂：馬哈茂德·艾哈邁迪-內(nèi)賈德

馬哈茂德·艾哈邁迪-內(nèi)賈德 (Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad )，伊朗第9屆[1] 、10屆總統(tǒng)[2] 。1956年10月28日出生于伊朗德黑蘭市東南部加姆薩爾的一個平民家庭，父親是一名鐵匠[3] 。大學(xué)時代，他就讀于德黑蘭工業(yè)科技大學(xué)土木工程系，并于1997年獲得交通運輸工程博士學(xué)位[3] 。兩伊戰(zhàn)爭期間，曾在伊朗革命衛(wèi)隊服役[3] 。成為革命衛(wèi)隊特種兵司令[4] 。艾哈邁迪-內(nèi)賈德早年就步入政壇，曾任西南部庫爾德市市長顧問[3] 。20世紀90年代，他擔任西北部阿爾達比勒省省長[3] 。2003年4月當選為德黑蘭市市長[3] 。2005年6月當選伊朗總統(tǒng)[3] 。2009年6月獲得連任[3] 。艾哈邁迪-內(nèi)賈德在政治上堅持“維護伊斯蘭價值觀”的立場。[3] 作風低調(diào)、樸實親民、勤儉廉政，深得廣大普通民眾、特別是弱勢群體的支持[3] 。2013年8月總統(tǒng)任期屆滿后，艾哈邁迪-內(nèi)賈德重新回到校園任職教授[5] 。

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the sixth president of Iran. He was elected to power in 2005. Prior to becoming president, he served as mayor of Teheran for two years and fought in the Iran-Iraq War. Ahmadinejad is rarely out of the news. He has locked horns with the West on numerous occasions over his domestic and foreign policy.

Ahmadinejad was born in 1956 and grew up in Iran's capital Teheran. He studied civil engineering at university and went on to do his PhD. He became a lecturer at the Iran University of Science and Technology. This was cut short by the Iran-Iraq War, in which he served in the intelligence unit of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution.

He has had mixed economic success as president of Iran. In 2006, vegetable prices tripled and housing prices doubled. Many called on him to use Iran's oil to help ordinary people survive. The Iranian parliament rejected his project to help young people find jobs, get married and buy their own house. Many say he has big ideas but is “weak on achievement”.

Ahmadinejad says Iran is now the strongest country in the world. He has strengthened relations with Russia, Venezuela and many Arab countries. He has caused concern around the world with his nuclear program, which he says is for peaceful purposes. He also caused a major controversy by calling for the destruction of Israel. In 2008, he became the first Iranian president ever to visit Iraq.