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Mohammad Beheshti

1928 - 1981

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Sayyed Mohammad Hosseini Beheshti (Persian: سیّد محمد حسینی بهشتی; 24 October 1928 – 28 June 1981) was an Iranian jurist, poetic philosopher, cleric and politician who was known as the second person in the political hierarchy of Iran after the Revolution. Beheshti is considered to have been the primary architect of Iran's post-revolution constitution, as well as the administrative structure of the Islamic republic. Beheshti is also known to have selected and trained several prominent politicians in the Islamic Republic, such as former presidents Hassan Rouhani and Mohammad Khatami, Ali Akbar Velayati, Mohammad Javad Larijani, Ali Fallahian, and Mostafa Pourmohammadi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammad Beheshti has received more than 239,991 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mohammad Beheshti is the 9,405th most popular politician (up from 9,639th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from Iran (down from 234th in 2019) and the 127th most popular Iranian Politician.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammad Beheshti ranks 9,405 out of 19,576. Before him are Garret Hobart, Mirek Topolánek, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Ealhmund of Kent, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, and Qara Hülegü. After him are Sobekemsaf I, Abu Zakariya Yahya, Sarduri I, Sani Abacha, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, and Barry Goldwater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Mohammad Beheshti ranks 206. Before him are János Kornai, Alexis Korner, Eeva Kilpi, Fred Rogers, Gerald Bull, and Eunice Gayson. After him are Nodar Dumbadze, Dan Blocker, Alejandro de Tomaso, Édouard Glissant, Bella Darvi, and Nancy Marchand. Among people deceased in 1981, Mohammad Beheshti ranks 90. Before him are Michele Andreolo, Mohammad-Javad Bahonar, Ivan Eklind, Edith Head, Rensis Likert, and Edvard Kocbek. After him are Paul Anspach, Victor Kugler, Carl Ludwig Siegel, Eraldo Monzeglio, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, and Mostafa Chamran.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohammad Beheshti ranks 252 out of 631. Before him are Marjane Satrapi (1969), Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (948), Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933), Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (967), Nima Yooshij (1897), and Raffi (1835). After him are Parvin E'tesami (1907), Ubayd Zakani (1301), Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (1940), Gholamreza Takhti (1930), Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (935), and Asadi Tusi (999).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Mohammad Beheshti ranks 127. Before him are Ahmad Jannati (1927), Vardanes I (10), Shams Pahlavi (1917), Orodes I of Parthia (-190), Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani (798), and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933). After him are Mithridates IV of Parthia (null), Mostafa Chamran (1932), Ariobarzanes of Persis (-368), Farahnaz Pahlavi (1963), Abdullah Mirza (1433), and Maryam Rajavi (1953).

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