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, Masoud Pezeshkian has been in office since 28 July 2024 after winning the 2024 presidential election.

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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 constitutional referendum on December 2 and 3.

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 after the 1989 constitutional referendum.

The first Iranian presidential election was held on January 25, 1980 and resulted in the election of Abolhassan 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 was the eighth president, serving from his election in 2021 until his death on May 19, 2024 leaving the office occupied in an acting capacity by First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber. Masoud Pezeshkian was elected as the current president on July 6, 2024.

List of officeholders

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Islamic Republic of Iran (from 1979)
1st Constitution (1979Template:Ndash1989)
Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party	Election	Previous office	Prime minister	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
The Council of the Islamic Revolution deputised during the interim (6 November 1979 Template:Ndash 4 February 1980).Template:Efn
The Presidential Council deputised during the interim (22 June 1981 Template:Ndash 2 August 1981).Template:Efn
The Presidential Council deputised during the interim (30 August 1981 Template:Ndash 9 October 1981).Template:Efn
2nd Constitution (from 1989)
Template:Abbr	Portrait	Name Template:Small	Term of office			Political party	Election	Previous office	First vice president	Cabinet
			Took office	Left office	Time in office

Timeline

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Presidential age-related data

Template:Abbr	President	Born	Age at Template:Nowrap	Age at Template:Nowrap	Time in office	Template:Nowrap timespan	Lifespan
							Died	Age
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8	Template:Sortname	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd Template:Dts	Template:Ayd Template:Dts	Template:Ayd	Template:AydTemplate:Efn	Template:Dts	Template:Ayd
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See also

• Supreme Leader of Iran
• President of Iran
• List of vice presidents of Iran
• List of heads of state of Iran
• Prime Minister of Iran
  • List of prime ministers of Iran
• List of speakers of the Parliament of Iran