List of Presidents of Iran
The President of the Islamic Republic of Iran is the head of government of Iran .
In the political system of the Islamic Republic of Iran , the President of Iran is not the head of state . In Iran, this is the top legal scholar .
The office of President was created in 1980, the year after the Islamic Revolution . The current incumbent is Ḥasan Rūḥānī . The chosen successor is Ebrahim Raissi .
- before 1989: see the list of prime ministers of Iran
List of incumbents
Illustration | Surname | Beginning of the term of office | Term expires | Elections won | Political party |
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Abolhassan Banisadr | 4th February 1980 | June 22, 1981 | 1980 | Non-party | |
Mohammad Ali Rajāʾi | 2nd August 1981 | August 30, 1981 | 1981 (July) | Islamic Republican Party | |
Seyyed Ali Khamenei | October 13, 1981 | August 3, 1989 |
1981 (October) 1985 |
Islamic Republican Party | |
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | August 3, 1989 | August 2, 1997 |
1989 1993 |
Association of the fighting clergy | |
Mohammad Chātami | August 2, 1997 | August 3, 2005 |
1997 2001 |
Association of the fighting clergy | |
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | August 3, 2005 | 3rd August 2013 |
2005 2009 |
Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran | |
Hassan Rouhani | 3rd August 2013 | acting (until August 3, 2021) |
2013 2017 |
Moderation and development party | |
Ebrahim Raissi | designated | 2021 | Association of the fighting clergy |