List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Iran
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran is the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran and a member of the Cabinet. The current office holder is Mohammad Javad Zarif, being approved by the Parliament on 15 August 2013 after being nominated by the President.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran
وزیر امور خارجهٔ ایران | |
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Nominator | the President |
Appointer | the Parliament |
Formation | October 1821 (original) April 1, 1979 (current form) |
First holder | Abdolvahhab Khan |
Website | www.mfa.gov.ir |
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List of Ministers
No. | Name | Took office | Left office |
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Qajar dynasty | |||
1 | Mirza Abdulvahab Khan Mo'tamed od-Dowleh Neshat | 1821 | 1823 |
2 | Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi | 1823 | 1834 |
3 | Mirza Ali Farahani | 1834 | 1835 |
4 | Mirza Mas'ud Khan Ansari | 1835 | 1838 |
5 | Mirza Abolhassan Khan Ilchi | 1838 | 1846 |
Hajj Mirza Aghasi Acting Minister |
1846 | 1846 | |
6 | Mirza Mas'ud Khan Ansari | 1846 | 1849 |
Amir Kabir Acting Minister |
1849 | 1851 | |
7 | Mirza Mohammad Ali Khan Shirazi | 18 July 1851 | 10 February 1852 |
8 | Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari | 1853 | 1873 |
9 | Mirza Hosein Khan Moshir od-Dowleh | 11 December 1873 | 1880 |
10 | Mirza Saeed Khan Ansari | 1880 | 1884 |
11 | Mirza Mahmoud Khan Naser al Molk | 1884 | 1886 |
12 | Mirza Yahya Khan Moshir od-Dowleh | 5 February 1886 | 1 August 1887 |
13 | Mirza Abbas Khan Qavam od-Dowleh | 1887 | 29 June 1896 |
14 | Mirza Mohsen Khan Moshir od-Dowleh | 1886 | 1899 |
15 | Mirza Nasrullah Khan | 1899 | 1906 |
16 | Mohammad-Ali Ala al-Saltaneh | 1906 | 15 September 1907 |
17 | Javad Sad od-Dowleh | 1907 | 1907 |
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Pahlavi dynasty | |||
1 | Nosrat-ed-Dowleh | 1 October 1925 | 1 October 1938 |
2 | Ali Soheili | 1 October 1938 | 7 March 1939 |
3 | Mozaffar Alam | 7 March 1939 | 20 April 1943 |
4 | Hossein Ala' | 25 April 1943 | 2 March 1945 |
5 | Mahmoud Salehi | 2 March 1945 | 2 May 1945 |
6 | Mohsen Rais | 2 May 1945 | 4 May 1945 |
7 | Bagher Kazemi | 4 May 1945 | 7 April 1946 |
8 | Hossein Navab | 7 April 1946 | 13 January 1950 |
9 | Ali-Akbar Siassi | 13 January 1950 | 24 February 1950 |
10 | Hossein Navab | 24 February 1950 | 28 April 1951 |
11 | Bagher Kazemi | 28 April 1951 | 16 July 1952 |
12 | Hossein Navab | 21 July 1952 | 16 September 1952 |
13 | Hossein Fatemi | 16 September 1952 | 19 August 1953 |
14 | Abdol-Hossein Meftah | 19 August 1953 | 7 April 1953 |
15 | Fazlollah Zahedi | 7 April 1953 | 29 April 1953 |
16 | Abdullah Entezam | 29 April 1953 | 29 April 1958 |
17 | Ali-Gholi Ardalan | 29 April 1958 | 30 December 1959 |
18 | Abbas Aram | 30 December 1959 | 30 July 1960 |
19 | Jafar Sharif-Emami | 30 July 1960 | 1 December 1960 |
20 | Hossein Ghods-Nakhai Acting Minister |
1 December 1960 | 30 December 1960 |
21 | Abbas Aram | 30 December 1960 | 3 March 1966 |
22 | Ardeshir Zahedi | 3 March 1966 | 14 January 1971 |
23 | Abbas Ali Khalatbari | 14 January 1971 | 14 January 1978 |
24 | Amir Khosrow Afshar | 14 January 1978 | 1 February 1979 |
25 | Ahmad Mirfendereski | 1 February 1979 | 11 February 1979 |
No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Political Party | Government | ||
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Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||
Islamic Republic of Iran | |||||||
1 | Karim Sanjabi (1904–1995) | 11 February 1979 | 1 April 1979 | 49 days | NF | Interim Government | |
– | Mehdi Bazargan (1907–1995) Acting | 1 April 1979 | 12 April 1979 | 11 days | FMI | Interim Government | |
2 | Ebrahim Yazdi (1931–2017) | 12 April 1979 | 12 November 1979 | 214 days | FMI | Interim Government | |
– | Abolhassan Banisadr (born 1933) Acting | 12 November 1979 | 29 November 1979 | 231 days | Independent | Interim Government | |
3 | Sadegh Ghotbzadeh (1936–1982) | 29 November 1979 | 3 August 1980 | 248 days | Independent | Interim Government | |
– | Karim Khodapanahi (born 1944) Acting | 3 August 1980 | 11 March 1981 | 220 days | Independent | Rajai | |
– | Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933–1981) Acting | 11 March 1981 | 15 August 1981 | 157 days | IRP | Rajai | |
4 | Mir-Hossein Mousavi (born 1942) | 15 August 1981 | 15 December 1981 | 122 days | IRP | Rajai Bahonar Interim Government Mousavi I | |
5 | Ali Akbar Velayati (born 1945) | 15 December 1981 | 20 August 1997 | 15 years, 248 days | IRP | Mousavi I–II Rafsanjani I–II | |
6 | Kamal Kharazi (born 1944) | 20 August 1997 | 24 August 2005 | 8 years, 4 days | Independent | Khatami I–II | |
7 | Manouchehr Mottaki (born 1953) | 24 August 2005 | 13 December 2010 | 5 years, 111 days | FFLIL | Ahmadinejad I–II | |
– | Ali Akbar Salehi (born 1949) Acting | 13 December 2010 | 30 January 2011 | 48 days | Independent | Ahmadinejad II | |
8 | Ali Akbar Salehi (born 1949) | 30 January 2011 | 15 August 2013 | 2 years, 197 days | Independent | Ahmadinejad II | |
9 | Mohammad Javad Zarif (born 1960) | 15 August 2013 | Incumbent | 6 years, 314 days | Independent | Rouhani I–II |
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