Akbar Torkan
Akbar Torkan | |
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Torkan in August 2014 | |
| Senior Advisor to the President of Iran | |
| In office 26 August 2013 – 1 December 2018 | |
| President | Hassan Rouhani |
| Preceded by | Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Minister of Roads and Transportation | |
| In office 16 August 1993 – 20 August 1997 | |
| President | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Saeedikia |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Hojjati |
| Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics | |
| In office 29 August 1989 – 16 August 1993 | |
| President | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Hossein Jalali |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Forouzandeh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 23 September 1952 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 16 May 2021 (aged 68) Tehran, Iran |
| Political party | Moderation and Development Party Executives of Construction Party |
| Residence | Tehran |
| Alma mater | Sharif University |
Akbar Torkan (Persian: اکبر ترکان; 1952–2021) was an Iranian mechanical engineer and politician, who was the President Hassan Rouhani's chief adviser from 2013 to 2018. He was the CEO of Iran's Construction Engineering Organization from 2014 to 2017. He was also the Minister of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics and Minister of Roads and Transportation in the government headed by President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.