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
	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 Association of the fighting clergy
	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

See also

• Political system of Iran
• History of Iran since 1979