Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (Persian: محمود احمدی‌نژاد‎, romanized: Mahmud Ahmadenezhâd [mæhmuːd(-e) æhmædiːneʒɒːd] (listen)), born Mahmoud Sabbaghian (Persian: صباغیان‎, romanized: Sabbâghiyân, 28 October 1956), is an Iranian politician who served as the sixth President of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He was also the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country.