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President of Iran

The President of Iran is the highest popularly elected official in, and the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran; although subordinate to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state...

of the Islamic Republic of Iran since the establishment of that office in 1980

Iranian presidential election, 1980

The First Iranian presidential election was held on January 25, 1980.It was held one year after Iranian Revolution when the cabinet of Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan was resigned and Council of Islamic Revolution was in power. 96 candidates ran in this election.Abulhassan Banisadr was elect as...

. The President of Iran is the highest popularly elected

Universal suffrage

Universal suffrage consists of the extension of the right to vote to adult citizens as a whole, though it may also mean extending said right to minors and non-citizens...

official in the country. The current President is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, since 2005

Iranian presidential election, 2005

Iran's ninth presidential election took place in two rounds, the first on June 17, 2005, the run-off on June 24. Mohammad Khatami, the previous President of Iran, stepped down on August 2, 2005, after serving his maximum two consecutive four-year terms according to the Islamic Republic's constitution...

. He was re-elected for a second term in 2009

Iranian presidential election, 2009

Iran's tenth presidential election was held on 12 June 2009, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's official news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the election...

Background

After the Iranian Revolution

Iranian Revolution

The Iranian Revolution refers to events involving the overthrow of Iran's monarchy under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and its replacement with an Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the leader of the...

of 1979 and referendum to create the Islamic Republic

Iranian Islamic Republic referendum, March 1979

A referendum on creating an Islamic Republic was held in Iran on 30 and 31 March 1979. It was approved by 99.3% of voters.-Results:...

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

Assembly of Experts

The Assembly of Experts of Iran , also translated as Council of Experts, is a deliberative body of 86 Mujtahids that is charged with electing and removing the Supreme Leader of Iran and supervising his activities.Members of the assembly are elected from a government-screened list of candidates by...

, the body tasked with writing the constitution. The assembly presented the constitution on October 24, 1979, and Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini and Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan

Mehdi Bazargan

Mehdi Bazargan was a prominent Iranian scholar, academic, long-time pro-democracy activist and head of Iran's interim government, making him Iran's first prime minister after the Iranian Revolution of 1979. He was the head of the first engineering department of Tehran University...

approved it.

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

Iranian presidential election, 1980

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

Iranian presidential election, July 1981

The Iranian presidential election of July 1981 took place on July 24, 1981 after the previous Iranian president, Abolhassan Banisadr, was impeached by the Majlis on June 21 and then sacked by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, on June 22...

, 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

Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hoseyni Khāmene’i is the Supreme Leader of Iran and the figurative head of the Muslim conservative establishment in Iran and Twelver Shi'a marja...

was elected president.

Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hoseyni Khāmene’i is the Supreme Leader of Iran and the figurative head of the Muslim conservative establishment in Iran and Twelver Shi'a marja...

, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is an influential Iranian politician and writer, who was the fourth President of Iran. He was a member of the Assembly of Experts until his resignation in 2011...

, Mohammad Khatami

Mohammad Khatami

Sayyid Mohammad Khātamī is an Iranian scholar, philosopher, Shiite theologian and Reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s...

and current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were each elected president for two terms.

List of Presidents

#	Name	Born-Died	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party	Prime Minister Prime Minister of Iran Prime Minister of Iran was a political post in Iran that had existed during several different periods of time starting with the Qajar era until its most recent revival from 1979 to 1989 following the Iranian Revolution.-Prime Ministers of Qajar era:In the Qajar era, prime ministers were known by...	Vice President Vice President of Iran Vice President of Iran is defined by article 124 of the Iranian constitution, as anyone appointed by the President to lead an organization related to Presidential affairs. , there are 12 Vice Presidents in Iran...	Term
1 Government of Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1980-1981) Government of Mohammad-Ali Rajai was the first government of Iran after Iranian Revolution.On That time, Abulhassan Banisadr was president and Mohammad-Ali Rajai was prime minister.-Bani Sadr's Presidency:...	Abulhassan Banisadr	1933–	4 February 1980	22 June 1981 (impeached)	Independent	Mohammad-Ali Rajai	Post not created	1 Iranian presidential election, 1980 The First Iranian presidential election was held on January 25, 1980.It was held one year after Iranian Revolution when the cabinet of Prime Minister Mehdi Bazargan was resigned and Council of Islamic Revolution was in power. 96 candidates ran in this election.Abulhassan Banisadr was elect as...
Provisional Presidential Council (Leader: Mohammad Beheshti)		–	22 June 1981	2 August 1981	–	Mohammad-Ali Rajai		–

2 Government of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1981) Government of Mohammad-Javad Bahonar was the second government of Iran after Iranian Revolution.On That time, Mohammad-Ali Rajai was president and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar was prime minister.-Rajai's Presidency:...	Mohammad-Ali Rajai	1933–1981	2 August 1981	30 August 1981 (assassinated)	Islamic Republican Party Islamic Republican party The Islamic Republican Party was a political party in Iran, formed in mid-1979 to assist the Iranian Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini establish theocracy in Iran...	Mohammad-Javad Bahonar		2 Iranian presidential election, July 1981 The Iranian presidential election of July 1981 took place on July 24, 1981 after the previous Iranian president, Abolhassan Banisadr, was impeached by the Majlis on June 21 and then sacked by the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, on June 22...
Provisional Presidential Council (Leader: Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani)		–	30 August 1981	13 October 1981	–	Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani		–

3 Government of Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1981-1989) Government of Mir-Hossein Mousavi was the third and fourth government of Iran after Iranian Revolution.On That time, Ali Khamenei was president and Mir-Hossein Mousavi was prime minister.-Khamenei's Presidency:...	Ali Khamenei Ali Khamenei Ayatollah Seyed Ali Hoseyni Khāmene’i is the Supreme Leader of Iran and the figurative head of the Muslim conservative establishment in Iran and Twelver Shi'a marja...	1939–	13 October 1981	16 August 1985	Islamic Republican Party Islamic Republican party The Islamic Republican Party was a political party in Iran, formed in mid-1979 to assist the Iranian Revolution and Ayatollah Khomeini establish theocracy in Iran... ↓ Combatant Clergy Association	Mir-Hossein Mousavi Mir-Hossein Mousavi Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the seventy-ninth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a Reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election...	3 Iranian presidential election, October 1981 The Iranian presidential election of October 1981, took place on October 2, 1981, after the assassination of Mohammad Ali Rajai, the previous President of Iran, during the interim prime ministership of Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani...
		1939–	16 August 1985	3 August 1989			4 Iranian presidential election, 1985 The Iranian presidential election of 1985 took place on August 16, 1985, and resulted in the re-election of the incumbent President Ali Khamenei.-External links:*...
4	Akbar Rafsanjani	1934–	3 August 1989	3 August 1993	Combatant Clergy Association ↓ Executives of Construction Party Executives of Construction Party The Executives of Construction Party is a political party in Iran, founded by several members of the cabinet of the then President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani...	Position abolished	Hassan Habibi Hassan Habibi Hassan Ebrahim Habibi is an Iranian politician and scholar, presently the Head of Academy of Persian Language and Literature , and a member of the High Council of Cultural Revolution.Habibi was the 1st First Vice President of Iran from 1989 to 2001, eight years under President Rafsanjani and...	5 Iranian presidential election, 1989 The Iranian presidential election of 1989 took place on July 28, 1989, after the death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and the selection of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the previous President of Iran, as the new Supreme Leader of Iran...
4	Akbar Rafsanjani	1934–	3 August 1993	2 August 1997				6 Iranian presidential election, 1993 The Iranian presidential election of 1993 took place on June 11, 1993 which resulted in the re-election of the incumbent president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.-External links:*...
5 Government of Mohammad Khatami (1997-2005) Government of Mohamamd Khatami was the 7th and 8th government of Iran after Iranian Revolution.At that time, Mohammad Khatami was president.- Khatami's Presidency :...	Mohammad Khatami Mohammad Khatami Sayyid Mohammad Khātamī is an Iranian scholar, philosopher, Shiite theologian and Reformist politician. He served as the fifth President of Iran from August 2, 1997 to August 3, 2005. He also served as Iran's Minister of Culture in both the 1980s and 1990s...	1943–	2 August 1997	8 August 2001	Association of Combatant Clerics			7 Iranian presidential election, 1997 Iranian presidential election of 1997 took place on May 23, 1997, which resulted in an unpredicted win for the reformist candidate Mohammad Khatami. The election was notable not only for the lopsided majority of the winner - 70% - but for the high turnout...
		1943–	8 August 2001	3 August 2005	Association of Combatant Clerics		Mohammad-Reza Aref	8 Iranian presidential election, 2001 Iranian presidential election of 2001 took place on June 8, 2001, and resulted in Mohammad Khatami being elected as the President of Iran for his second term.-Candidates:* Mohammad Khatami, Incumbent President...
6 Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-Present) Government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the current government of Iran, and the 9th and 10th government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. His administration began in August 2005 after his election as the 6th president of Iran and continues after his re-election in 2009.In Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's...	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	1956–	3 August 2005	5 August 2009	Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran The Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran , usually shortened to Abadgaran , is an alliance of some right-wing Iranian political parties and organizations. The alliance, mostly active in Tehran, won almost all of Tehran's seats in the Iranian Majlis election of 2004 and the Iranian City and Village...		Parviz Davoodi Parviz Davoodi Parviz Davoodi is an Iranian hardline conservative politician.He was born in Tehran to an Iranian Azeri family from Astara, Ardebil, northern Iran. He served as the First Vice President of Iran from September 11, 2005 to July 17, 2009. He is also an economist at Shahid Beheshti University....	9 Iranian presidential election, 2005 Iran's ninth presidential election took place in two rounds, the first on June 17, 2005, the run-off on June 24. Mohammad Khatami, the previous President of Iran, stepped down on August 2, 2005, after serving his maximum two consecutive four-year terms according to the Islamic Republic's constitution...
	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad	1956–	5 August 2009	Incumbent (Term expires 5 August 2013)			Mohammad-Reza Rahimi	10 Iranian presidential election, 2009 Iran's tenth presidential election was held on 12 June 2009, with incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad running against three challengers. The next morning the Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran's official news agency, announced that with two-thirds of the votes counted, Ahmadinejad had won the election...

Background

List of Presidents

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