From 1980 to 2000 he was a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. From 1992 to 2000 he was Head of Islamic Consultative Assembly’s Commission on Foreign Policy and National Security and Deputy Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. From 1989 to 2005 he served as Secretary of Supreme National Security Council and he became a member of the Assembly of Experts in 2000. From 1992 to 2013 he served as President of Expediency Discernment Council’s Center for Strategic Research. In August 2013 Rouhani became the 7th President of Iran and the Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement. Hassan Rouhani was named by TIME magazine as the 9th Most Influential person in the world in 2013. He has improved women’s rights and has encouraged personal freedom and free access to information. He married his cousin Sahebeh Arabi and has four children.
