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 Hassan Rouhani, since 3 August 2013.

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 and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were each elected president for two terms. Hassan Rouhani is the current president, being elected in June 2013 presidential election. He won the reelection in the 2017 presidential election.

List

№	President (Birth–Death)	Elected	Took office	Left office		Prime Minister	First Vice President
1	Abolhassan Banisadr (1933–)	1980	4 February 1980	22 June 1981 (impeached)	Independent	Mohammad-Ali Rajai	Position not established
2	Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933–1981)	1981 (Jul)	2 August 1981	30 August 1981 (assassinated)	Islamic Republican Party	Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
3	Ali Khamenei (1939–)	1981 (Oct) 1985	13 October 1981	3 August 1989	Islamic Republican Party (until 1987)	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
3	Ali Khamenei (1939–)	1981 (Oct) 1985	13 October 1981	3 August 1989	Combatant Clergy Association	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
4	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934–2017)	1989 1993	3 August 1989	3 August 1997	Combatant Clergy Association	Position abolished	Hassan Habibi
5	Mohammad Khatami (1943–)	1997 2001	3 August 1997	3 August 2005	Association of Combatant Clerics		Hassan Habibi
5	Mohammad Khatami (1943–)	1997 2001	3 August 1997	3 August 2005	Association of Combatant Clerics		Mohammad-Reza Aref
6	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956–)	2005 2009	3 August 2005	3 August 2013	Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran		Parviz Davoodi
							Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei
							Mohammad-Reza Rahimi
7	Hassan Rouhani (1948–)	2013 2017	3 August 2013	Incumbent (Term expires 3 August 2021)	Moderation and Development Party		Eshaq Jahangiri

Timeline

Acting Presidents

Provisional Presidential Council

Term	Prime Minister	Parliament Chairman	Chief Justice
22 June 1981 – 2 August 1981	Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933–1981)	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934–2017)	Mohammad Beheshti (1928–1981)
22 June 1981 – 2 August 1981	Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933–1981)		Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili (1926–2016)
30 August 1981 – 13 October 1981	Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani (1931–2014)		Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili (1926–2016)

References

↑ "Assembly of Experts". Retrieved 15 August 2009.

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[1] "Assembly of Experts". Retrieved 15 August 2009.