 | Leaders of Iran (Islamic Republic of Iran) |
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Emperor (Shah) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 16 Sep 1941 - 11 Feb 1979 (1980) Leader of the Revolution (Rahbar-e Enqelab) and acclaimed Shi'a Imam Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini 5 Feb 1979 - 4 Feb 1980 (1989) Grand Ayatollah, Sayyed Supreme Leaders of the Islamic Republic (Rahbar-e Moazzam, Vali-ye Faqih, heads of State) Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini 1 Jan 1980 - 3 Jun 1989 (1989) Grand Ayatollah, Sayyed, acclaimed Shi'a Imam Mohammad Ali Hossein Khamenei 4 Jun 1989 - Grand Ayatollah, Sayyed President of the Republic (head of Executive) Abolhasan Bani-Sadr 4 Feb 1980 - 22 Jun 1981 (2021) Interim Presidential Commission (I) -Mohammad Hossein Beheshti (killed 28 Jun) (1981) Ayatollah, Sayyed -Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardabili (from 29 Jun) (2016) Ayatollah, Sayyed -Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (2017) Hodjatoleslam -Mohammad Ali Rajai 22 Jun 1981 - 2 Aug 1981 (1981) non-cleric President of the Republic (head of Executive) Mohammad Ali Rajai 2 Aug 1981 - 30 Aug 1981 (1981) non-cleric Interim Presidential Commission (II) -Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (2017) Hodjatoleslam -Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani (from 2 Sep) (2014) Hodjatoleslam -Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardabili 30 Aug 1981 - 13 Oct 1981 (2016) Ayatollah, Sayyed Presidents of the Republic (heads of Executive) Mohammad Ali Hossein Khamenei 13 Oct 1981 - 17 Aug 1989 Hodjatoleslam, Sayyed; Ayatollah from 4 Jun 1989 Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 17 Aug 1989 - 3 Aug 1997 (2017) Hodjatoleslam Mohammad Khatami 3 Aug 1997 - 3 Aug 2005 Hodjatoleslam, Sayyed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 3 Aug 2005 - 3 Aug 2013 non-cleric Hassan Rouhani 3 Aug 2013 - 3 Aug 2021 Hodjatoleslam Ebrahim Raisi 3 Aug 2021 - Ayatollah, Sayyed |
| Prime ministers
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Mirza Ebrahim Hakimi 13 May 1945 - 6 Jun 1945 (1959) Moshen Sadr 6 Jun 1945 - 30 Oct 1945 (1962) (acting) Mirza Ebrahim Hakimi 30 Oct 1945 - 28 Jan 1946 (1959) Ahmad Qawan as-Sultaneh 28 Jan 1946 - 18 Dec 1947 (1956) Sardar Fakher Hekmat 18 Dec 1947 - 29 Dec 1947 (1978) Mirza Ebrahim Hakimi 29 Dec 1947 - 13 Jun 1948 (1959) Abdol Hossein Hajir 13 Jun 1948 - 9 Nov 1948 (1949) Mohammad Saeed Maraghei 9 Nov 1948 - 23 Mar 1950 (1973) Hasan Ali Mansur 23 Mar 1950 - 26 Jun 1950 (1965) Mohammad Ali Razmara 26 Jun 1950 - 7 Mar 1951 (1951) military Hossein Ala 12 Mar 1951 - 30 Apr 1951 (1964) Mohammad Mosadegh 30 Apr 1951 - 17 Jul 1952 (1967) Ahmad Qawan as-Sultaneh 17 Jul 1952 - 22 Jul 1952 (1956) Mohammad Mosadegh 22 Jul 1952 - 19 Aug 1953 (1967) Mohammad Fazlollah Zahedi 19 Aug 1953 - 7 Apr 1955 (1963) military Hossein Ala 7 Apr 1955 - 3 Apr 1957 (1964) Manuchehr Ekbal 3 Apr 1957 - 31 Aug 1960 (1977) Jaafar Sharif-Emani 31 Aug 1960 - 5 May 1961 (1998) Ali Amini 5 May 1961 - 19 Jul 1962 (1992) Asadullah Alam 19 Jul 1962 - 7 Mar 1964 (1978) Hasan Ali Mansur 7 Mar 1964 - 26 Jan 1965 (1965) Amir Abbas Hoveyda 26 Jan 1965 - 7 Aug 1977 (1979) Jamshid Amouzegar 7 Aug 1977 - 27 Aug 1978 (2016) Jaafar Sharif-Emani 27 Aug 1978 - 6 Nov 1978 (1998) Gholamreza Azhari 6 Nov 1978 - 4 Jan 1979 (2001) military Shahpur Bakhtiar 4 Jan 1979 - 5 Feb 1979 (1991) Mehdi Bazargan 5 Feb 1979 - 6 Nov 1979 (1995) non-cleric Mohammad Ali Rajai 12 Aug 1980 - 4 Aug 1981 (1981) non-cleric Mohammad Javad Bahonar 4 Aug 1981 - 30 Aug 1981 (1981) Hodjatoleslam Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani 2 Sep 1981 - 29 Oct 1981 (2014) Ayatollah Mir Hossein Mousavi 29 Oct 1981 - 3 Aug 1989 non-cleric |
| Secretaries of the Guardian Council of the Constitution (Shora-ye Negahban-e Qanun-e Assassi)
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Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani 1980 (2014) Ayatollah (acting) Lotfollah Safi Golpayegani 1980-1988 (2022) Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani 1988-1992 (2014) Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati Massah 1992- Ayatollah |
| Speakers of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majles-e Shora-ye Eslami)
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Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 1980-1989 (2017) Hodjatoleslam Mehdi Karroubi 1989-1992 Hodjatoleslam Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri 1992-2000 Hodjatoleslam Mehdi Karroubi 2000-2004 Hodjatoleslam Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel 2004-2008 non-cleric Ali Ardashir Amoli Larijani 2008-2020 non-cleric Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf 2020- non-cleric |
| Chairmen of the Assembly of Experts of the Leadership (Majles-e Khobregan-e Rahbari)
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Hossein Ali Montazeri 1979 (2009) Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Hossein Beheshti 1979 (1981) Ayatollah, Sayyed Ali Akbar Feyz Meshkini 1983-2007 (2007) Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 2007-2011 (2017) Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani 2011-2014 (2014) Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi 2014-2015 (2018) Grand Ayatollah, Sayyed (acting) Mohammad Yazdi 2015-2016 (2020) Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati Massah 2016- Ayatollah |
| Chairmen of the Expediency Discernment Council of the System (Majma-e Tashjis-e Maslahat-e Nezam)
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Mohammad Ali Hossein Khamenei 1988-1989 Hodjatoleslam, Sayyed Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 1989-2017 (2017) Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani 2017 Ayatollah (acting) Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi 2017-2018 (2018) Grand Ayatollah, Sayyed Sadeq Larijani 2018- Ayatollah |
| First Vice Presidents of the Republic
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Hassan Ebrahim Habibi 1989-2001 (2013) non-cleric Mohammad Reza Aref 2001-2005 non-cleric Parviz Davoodi 2005-2009 (2024) non-cleric Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei 2009 non-cleric Mohammad Reza Rahimi 2009-2013 non-cleric Eshaq Jahangiri Kouhshahi 2013-2021 non-cleric Mohammad Mokhber Dezfuli 2021- non-cleric |
| Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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Abbas Aram 1959-1960 (1985) Jaafar Sharif-Emami 1960-1961 (1998) Hossein Ghods Nakhai 1961-1962 (1977) Abbas Aram 1962-1967 (1985) Ardeshir Zahedi 1967-1971 (1921) Abbas Ali Khalatbari 1971-1978 (1979) Amir Aslan Afshar-Qasemlu 1978-1979 Ahmad Mirfendereski 1979 (2004) Karim Sanjabi 1979 (1995) non-cleric Ahmad Salamatian 1979 non-cleric (acting) Mehdi Bazargan 1979 (1995) non-cleric (acting) Ebrahim Yazdi 1979 (2017) non-cleric Abolhasan Bani-Sadr 1979 (2021) non-cleric (acting) Sadeq Ghotbzadeh 1979-1980 (1982) non-cleric Mohammad Karim Khodapanahi 1980-1981 non-cleric Mir Hossein Mousavi 1981 non-cleric Mohammad Ali Rajai 1981 (1981) non-cleric Ali Akbar Velayati 1981-1997 non-cleric Kamal Kharrazi 1997-2005 non-cleric Manouchehr Mottaki 2005-2010 non-cleric Ali Akbar Salehi 2010-2013 non-cleric (acting to 2011) Mohammad Javad Zarif 2013-2021 non-cleric Hossein Amir-Abdollahian 2021- non-cleric |
| Ministers of Defense
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Ahmad Madani 1979 (2006) non-cleric Taghi Riahi 1979 (1989) non-cleric Mostafa Chamran 1979-1980 (1981) non-cleric Javad Fakoori 1980-1981 (1981) military Mousa Namjoo 1981 (1981) military Mohammad Salimi 1981-1984 (2016) military Mohammad-Reza Rahimi 1984-1985 military Mohammad Hossein Jalali 1985-1989 military Akbar Torkan 1989-1993 (2021) non-cleric Mohammad Forouzandeh 1993-1997 non-cleric Ali Shamkhani 1997-2005 military Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar 2005-2009 military Ahmad Vahidi 2009-2013 military Hossein Dehghan 2013-2017 military Amir Hatami 2017-2021 military Mohammad-Reza Gharaei Ashtiani 2021- military |
| Ministers of the Interior
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Shahpur Bakhtiar 1979 (1991) non-cleric Ahmad Sayyed Javadi 1979 (2017) non-cleric Hashem Sabbaghian 1979 non-cleric Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 1979-1980 (2017) Hodjatoleslam (acting) Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani 1980-1981 (2014) Hodjatoleslam Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri 1981-1985 Hodjatoleslam Ali Akbar Mohtashami-Pur 1985-1989 (2021) Hodjatoleslam Abdollah Nouri 1989-1993 Hodjatoleslam Ali Mohammad Besharati 1993-1997 Non-cleric Abdollah Nouri 1997-1998 Hodjatoleslam Mostafa Tajzadeh 1998 non-cleric (acting) Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari 1998-2005 Hodjatoleslam, Sayyed Mostafa Pourmohammadi 2005-2008 Hodjatoleslam Sayyed Mehdi Hashemi 2008 non-cleric (acting) Ali Kordan 2008 non-cleric Kamran Daneshjoo 2008 non-cleric (acting) Sadegh Mahsouli 2008-2009 non-cleric Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar 2009-2013 military Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli 2013-2021 non-cleric Ahmad Vahidi 2021- military |
| Secretaries of the Supreme National Security Council
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Hassan Rouhani 1989-2005 Hodjatoleslam Ali Ardashir Amoli Larijani 2005-2007 non-cleric Saeed Jalili 2007-2013 non-cleric Ali Shamkhani 2013-2023 military Ali Akbar Ahmadian 2023- military |
| Chiefs Justice
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Mohammad Hossein Beheshti 1980-1981 (1981) Ayatollah, Sayyed Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardabili 1981-1989 (2016) Ayatollah, Sayyed Mohammad Yazdi 1989-1999 (2020) Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi 1999-2009 (2018) Grand Ayatollah, Sayyed Sadeq Larijani 2009-2019 Ayatollah Ebrahim Raisi 2019-2021 Hodjatoleslam, Sayyed Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i 2021- Hodjatoleslam |
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