He was the speaker of parliament and Khomeini's right-hand man in the 1980s, president of Iran from 1989 to 1997 and is now chairman of the powerful Expediency Council, which resolves disputes between the clerical establishment and parliament.
The word "secretary" conjures up images of a bygone era, of pearls and sweater sets, sensible heels and knee-length skirts, and the right mixture of efficiency and self-effacement to fade into the background while acting as a powerful man's right hand.
Yet how can The Economist endorse Mr Greenspan's right-hand man, when we have long criticised the chairman for failing to curb the stockmarket bubble in the late 1990s, and later for propping up the economy by inflating a housing bubble?
According to Merkel's right-hand man, Ulrich Wilhelm, Merkel used the meetings to promote the research and high-tech skills in Bavaria as on par with Silicon Valley, in addition to showcasing other potential markets in Germany.
Al-Adly is believed to be Mubarak's right-hand man in the security forces' violent actions against protesters.
Among them were his right-hand man Zeng Qinghong, tipped to enter the Central Committee, and Shanghai Mayor Huang Ju, thought to be in line for the job of party organization chief.
After attaching such an important tag to this encounter, it appeared pivotal to the future of Grant - who had new right-hand man Wally Downes at his side - that West Ham emerged victorious.
Chen's right-hand man, Vice Premier Yu Shyi-kun, resigned to take the heat for the failure to rescue the stranded workers.
Yousef escaped at the time, but agents caught his right-hand man, Abdul Hakim Murad, who told them about plots to hijack U.S. jets.
Maybe Stephen Carter, his new right-hand man at Number 10, will help: Mr Carter is reputedly the man to provide the grip and focus that Mr Brown lost when he gave his erstwhile top aides their own cabinet jobs.
The blue-faced man lowered the piece of paper in his right hand onto the left-hand stack, transferred it instantly to the right-hand stack, then lifted it once again into the air.
He sat next to his right-hand man at Goldman, Gary Cohn, and in the same section as the short-selling hedge fund manager Jim Chanos, Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond and Nasdaq head Bob Greifeld.
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