# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akbar-torkan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:57:52.678Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akbar-torkan"
name: "Akbar Torkan"
slug: "akbar-torkan"
description: "Akbar Torkan 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."
tagline: "Iranian defense minister (1952–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akbar_Torkan_father_mourning.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1952"
deathDate: "2021-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.61
  momentum:             9.453262786596119
  historical:           4.439708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "اکبر ترکان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Torkan"
    title: "Akbar Torkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "اکبر ترکان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Torkan"
    title: "Akbar Torkan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4700439"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump