List of presidents of Iran
This is a list of the presidents of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the establishment of that office in 1980. The president of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in the country. The current president is Ebrahim Raisi, in office since 3 August 2021.
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Background
After the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and referendum to create the Islamic Republic on March 29 and 30, the new government needed to craft a new constitution. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, ordered an election for the Assembly of Experts, the body tasked with writing the constitution.[1] The assembly presented the constitution on October 24, 1979, and Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini and Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan approved it. This was also approved in December 1979 constitutional referendum.
The 1979 Constitution designated the supreme leader as the head of state and the president and prime minister as the heads of government. The post of prime minister was abolished in 1989.
The first Iranian presidential election was held on January 25, 1980 and resulted in the election of Abulhassan Banisadr with 76% of the votes. Banisadr was impeached on June 22, 1981 by Parliament. Until the early election on July 24, 1981, the duties of the president were undertaken by the Provisional Presidential Council. Mohammad-Ali Rajai was elected president on July 24, 1981 and took office on August 2. Rajai remained in office for less than one month, with both he and his prime minister being assassinated on August 30, 1981. Once again, a Provisional Presidential Council filled the office until October 13, 1981 when Ali Khamenei was elected president.
Ali Khamenei, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Mohammad Khatami, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hassan Rouhani were each elected president for two terms. Ebrahim Raisi is the current president, being elected in the June 2021 presidential election.
List
Islamic Republic of Iran (from 1979) | ||||||||||
1st Constitution (1979–1989) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Election | Previous office | Prime minister | Cabinet | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| The Council of the Islamic Revolution deputised during the interim (3 December 1979 – 4 February 1980). | ||||||||||
| 1 | Abolhassan Banisadr سید ابوالحسن بنیصدر (1933–2021)  | 4 February 1980 | 22 June 1981 | 1 year, 138 days | Independent | 1980 | Minister of Finance (1979–1980) | Mohammad-Ali Rajai | Rajai | |
| The Presidential Council deputised during the interim (22 June 1981 – 2 August 1981). | ||||||||||
| 2 | Mohammad-Ali Rajai محمدعلی رجائی (1933–1981)  | 2 August 1981 | 30 August 1981 † | 28 days | IRP | 1981 (Jul) | Prime Minister of Iran (1980–1981) | Mohammad-Javad Bahonar | Bahonar | |
| The Presidential Council deputised during the interim (30 August 1981 – 9 October 1981). | ||||||||||
| 3 | Ali Khamenei علی خامنه ای (born 1939)  | 9 October 1981 | 16 August 1989[2] | 7 years, 311 days | IRP CCA | 1981 (Oct) 1985 | Member of the Parliament of Iran (1980–1981) | Mir-Hossein Mousavi | Mousavi I–II | |
2nd Constitution (from 1989) | ||||||||||
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Election | Previous office | First vice president | Cabinet | ||
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||||
| 4 | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی (1934–2017)  | 16 August 1989[2] | 3 August 1997 | 7 years, 352 days | CCA | 1989 1993 | Speaker of the Parliament of Iran (1980–1989) | Hassan Habibi | Rafsanjani I–II | |
| 5 | Mohammad Khatami محمد خاتمی (born 1943)  | 3 August 1997 | 3 August 2005 | 8 years | ACC | 1997 2001 | Minister of Culture (1982–1992) | Hassan Habibi Mohammad-Reza Aref | Khatami I–II | |
| 6 | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad محمود احمدینژاد (born 1956)  | 3 August 2005 | 3 August 2013 | 8 years | ABII | 2005 2009 | Mayor of Tehran (2003–2005) | Parviz Davoodi Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei Mohammad-Reza Rahimi | Ahmadinejad I–II | |
| 7 | Hassan Rouhani حسن روحانی (born 1948)  | 3 August 2013 | 3 August 2021 | 8 years | MDP | 2013 2017 | Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (1989–2005) | Eshaq Jahangiri | Rouhani I–II | |
| 8 | Ebrahim Raisi ابراهیم رئیسی (born 1960)  | 3 August 2021 | Incumbent | 2 years, 86 days | CCA | 2021 | Chief Justice (2019–2021) | Mohammad Mokhber | Raisi | |
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Timeline
See also
References
- "Assembly of Experts". Retrieved 15 August 2009.
- "Letter to Hashemi Rafsanjani and resignation from presidency" (in Persian). Khamenei.ir. 16 August 1989. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
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