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List of prime ministers of Iran

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The office of Prime Minister of Iran was established in 1907 during the Persian Constitutional Revolution, and existed until 1989 when the office was abolished after a constitutional referendum. The prime minister was the head of government of Iran.

Ali Asghar Khan was the first and Mir-Hossein Mousavi was the last prime minister of Iran. Before the Constitutional Revolution, the head of government was called Grand Vizier (Sadr-e A'zam or Vazir-e A'zam).

List of officeholders

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Political party key
No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Head of state
(Reign / Term)
Took office Left office Time in office
Sublime State of Persia (1907–1925) •
Soltan-Ali Vazir-e Afkham
سلطان‌علی وزیر افخم
(1862–1914)
Acting Prime Minister
21 March 1907 29 April 1907 39 days Independent Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar

(1907–1909)
1 Ali-Asghar Khan Atabak
علی اصغر خان اتابک
(1858–1907)
4 May 1907 31 August 1907
(assassinated)
119 days Independent
2 Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh
احمد مشیرالسلطنه
(1844–1918)
16 September 1907 27 October 1907 41 days Independent
3 Abolqasem Naser ol-Molk
ابوالقاسم ناصرالملک
(1856–1927)
27 October 1907 21 December 1907 55 days Independent
4 Hossein-Qoli Nezam al-Saltaneh Mafi
حسینقلی نظام السلطنه مافی
(1832–1908)
21 December 1907 21 May 1908 152 days Independent
(2) Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh
احمد مشیرالسلطنه
(1844–1918)
7 June 1908 29 April 1909 326 days Independent
Javad Sa'd al-Dowleh
جواد سعدالدوله
(1856–1930)
Acting Prime Minister
8 May 1909 13 July 1909
(deposed)
66 days Independent
Interim Cabinet without Prime Minister
کابینه موقت بدون نخست وزیر
(Appointed by Supreme Council of Politicians and Clergymen)
17 July 1909 30 September 1909 75 days Ahmad Shah Qajar

(1909–1925)
5 Mohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari Tonekaboni
محمدولی‌خان خلعتبری تنکابنی
(1848–1926)
30 September 1909 25 July 1910 298 days Moderate Socialists
6 Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
مستوفی‌الممالک
(1875–1932)
25 July 1910 12 March 1911 230 days Democrats
(5) Mohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari Tonekaboni
محمدولی‌خان خلعتبری تنکابنی
(1848–1926)
12 March 1911 26 July 1911 136 days Moderate Socialists
7 Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari
نجف‌قلی‌خان بختیاری
(1846–1930)
26 July 1911 1913 c. 2 years Moderate Socialists
8 Mohammad-Ali Ala ol-Saltaneh
محمدعلی علاءالسلطنه
(1829–1918)
18 January 1913 16 August 1913 210 days Independent
(6) Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
مستوفی‌الممالک
(1875–1932)
17 August 1913 14 March 1915 1 year, 209 days Democrats
9 Hassan Pirnia
حسن پیرنیا
(1871–1935)
14 March 1915 1 May 1915 48 days Moderate Socialists
10 Abdol Majid Mirza
عبدالمجید میرزا
(1845–1927)
1 May 1915 18 August 1915 109 days Independent
(6) Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
مستوفی‌الممالک
(1875–1932)
18 August 1915 24 December 1915 128 days Democrats
11 Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farman Farma
عبدالحسين ميرزا فرمانفرما
(1857–1939)
24 December 1915 29 February 1916 67 days Moderate Socialists
(5) Mohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari Tonekaboni
محمدولی‌خان خلعتبری تنکابنی
(1848–1926)
5 March 1916 29 August 1916 177 days Moderate Socialists
12 Vosugh od-Dowleh
حسن وثوق‌الدوله
(1873–1950)
29 August 1916 5 June 1917 280 days Democrats
(8) Mohammad-Ali Ala ol-Saltaneh
محمدعلی علاءالسلطنه
(1829–1918)
5 June 1917 21 November 1917 169 days Independent
(10) Abdol Majid Mirza
عبدالمجید میرزا
(1845–1927)
21 November 1917 16 January 1918 56 days Independent
(6) Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
مستوفی‌الممالک
(1875–1932)
16 January 1918 1 May 1918 105 days Democrats
(7) Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari
نجف‌قلی‌خان بختیاری
(1846–1930)
1 May 1918 8 August 1918 99 days Moderate Socialists
(12) Vosugh od-Dowleh
حسن وثوق‌الدوله
(1873–1950)
8 August 1918 3 July 1920 1 year, 330 days Democrats
(until 1919)
Independent
(9) Hassan Pirnia
حسن پیرنیا
(1871–1935)
3 July 1920 27 October 1920 116 days Independent
13 Fathollah Khan Akbar
فتح الله خان اکبر
(1878–1967)
27 October 1920 22 February 1921
(deposed)
118 days Independent
14 Zia ol Din Tabatabaee
ضیاء الدین طباطبایی
(1889–1969)
24 February 1921 4 June 1921 100 days Independent
15 Qavām os-Saltaneh
قوام السلطنه
(1873–1955)
4 June 1921 21 January 1922 231 days Reformers' Party
(9) Hassan Pirnia
حسن پیرنیا
(1871–1935)
21 January 1922 22 June 1922 152 days Independent
(15) Qavām os-Saltaneh
قوام السلطنه
(1873–1955)
22 June 1922 15 February 1923 238 days Reformers' Party
(6) Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
مستوفی‌الممالک
(1875–1932)
15 February 1923 15 June 1923 120 days Revival Party
(9) Hassan Pirnia
حسن پیرنیا
(1871–1935)
15 June 1923 26 October 1923 133 days Independent
16 Reza Khan Sardar Sepah
رضاخان سردار سپه
(1878–1944)
26 October 1923 12 December 1925
(became Shah)
2 years, 47 days Military
Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) •
Mohammad Ali Foroughi
محمدعلی فروغی
(1875–1942)
Acting Prime Minister
12 December 1925 13 June 1926 183 days Revival Party Reza Shah Pahlavi

(1925–1941)
(6) Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
مستوفی‌الممالک
(1875–1932)
13 June 1926 2 June 1927 354 days Revival Party
17 Mehdi Hedayat
مهدی قلی هدایت
(1864–1955)
2 June 1927 18 September 1933 6 years, 108 days Revival Party
(until 1930)
Independent
18 Mohammad Ali Foroughi
محمدعلی فروغی
(1875–1942)
18 September 1933 3 December 1935 2 years, 76 days Independent
19 Mahmoud Djam
محمود جم
(1880–1969)
3 December 1935 26 October 1939 3 years, 327 days Independent
20 Ahmad Matin-Daftari
احمد متین دفتری
(1897–1971)
26 October 1939 26 June 1940 244 days Independent
21 Ali Mansur
علی خان منصور
(1886–1974)
26 June 1940 27 August 1941
(resigned)
1 year, 62 days Independent
(18) Mohammad Ali Foroughi
محمدعلی فروغی
(1875–1942)
27 August 1941 9 March 1942 194 days Independent Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

(1941–1979)
22 Ali Soheili
علی سهیلی
(1896–1958)
9 March 1942 9 August 1942 153 days Independent
(15) Ahmad Qavam
احمد قوام
(1873–1955)
9 August 1942 15 February 1943 190 days Independent
(22) Ali Soheili
علی سهیلی
(1896–1958)
15 February 1943 6 April 1944 1 year, 51 days Independent
23 Mohammad Sa'ed
محمد ساعد مراغه‌ای
(1881–1973)
6 April 1944 25 November 1944 233 days Independent
24 Morteza-Qoli Bayat
مرتضی‌قلی بیات
(1890–1958)
25 November 1944 13 May 1945 169 days Independent
25 Ebrahim Hakimi
ابراهیم حکیمی
(1871–1959)
13 May 1945 6 June 1945 24 days Independent
26 Mohsen Sadr
محسن صدر
(1871–1962)
6 June 1945 30 October 1945 146 days Independent
(25) Ebrahim Hakimi
ابراهیم حکیمی
(1871–1959)
30 October 1945 28 January 1946 90 days Independent
(15) Ahmad Qavam
احمد قوام
(1873–1955)
28 January 1946 18 December 1947 1 year, 324 days Independent
Democrat Party of Iran
(from 29 June 1946)
(25) Ebrahim Hakimi
ابراهیم حکیمی
(1871–1959)
29 December 1947 13 June 1948 167 days Independent
27 Abdolhossein Hazhir
عبدالحسین هژیر‎
(1902–1949)
13 June 1948 9 November 1948 149 days Independent
(23) Mohammad Sa'ed
محمد ساعد مراغه‌ای
(1881–1973)
9 November 1948 23 March 1950 1 year, 134 days Independent
(21) Ali Mansur
علی خان منصور
(1886–1974)
23 March 1950 26 June 1950 95 days Independent
28 Ali Razmara
حاجیعلی رزم‌آرا
(1901–1951)
26 June 1950 7 March 1951
(assassinated)
254 days Military
Khalil Fahimi [fa]
خلیل فهیمی
(1876–1953)
Acting Prime Minister
7 March 1951 12 March 1951 5 days Independent
29 Hossein Ala'
حسین علاء
(1882–1964)
12 March 1951 27 April 1951 46 days Independent
30 Mohammad Mosaddegh
محمد مصدق
(1882–1967)
28 April 1951 17 July 1952 1 year, 80 days National Front
(15) Ahmad Qavam
احمد قوام
(1873–1955)
17 July 1952 22 July 1952 5 days Independent
(30) Mohammad Mosaddegh
محمد مصدق
(1882–1967)
22 July 1952 19 August 1953
(deposed)
1 year, 28 days National Front
31 Fazlollah Zahedi
فضل‌الله زاهدی
(1897–1963)
19 August 1953 7 April 1955 1 year, 231 days Military
(29) Hossein Ala'
حسین علاء
(1882–1964)
7 April 1955 3 April 1957 1 year, 361 days Independent
32 Manouchehr Eghbal
منوچهر اقبال
(1909–1977)
3 April 1957 31 August 1960 3 years, 150 days Nationalists' Party
33 Jafar Sharif-Emami
جعفر شریف‌امامی
(1910–1998)
31 August 1960 5 May 1961 247 days Nationalists' Party
34 Ali Amini
علی امینی
(1905–1992)
5 May 1961 19 July 1962 1 year, 75 days Independent
35 Asadollah Alam
اسدالله علم
(1919–1978)
19 July 1962 7 March 1964 1 year, 232 days People's Party
36 Hassan Ali Mansur
حسنعلی منصور
(1923–1965)
7 March 1964 26 January 1965
(assassinated)
325 days New Iran Party
37 Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
امیرعباس هویدا
(1919–1979)
26 January 1965 7 August 1977[1] 12 years, 193 days New Iran Party
(until 1975)[2]
Rastakhiz Party
38 Jamshid Amouzegar
جمشید آموزگار
(1923–2016)
7 August 1977[3] 27 August 1978 1 year, 20 days Rastakhiz Party
(33) Jafar Sharif-Emami
جعفر شریف‌امامی
(1910–1998)
27 August 1978 6 November 1978 71 days Rastakhiz Party
(until 1 November)
Independent
39 Gholam Reza Azhari
غلامرضا ازهاری
(1912–2001)
6 November 1978[4] 4 January 1979 59 days Military
40 Shapour Bakhtiar
شاپور بختیار
(1914–1991)
4 January 1979[5] 11 February 1979
(deposed)
38 days National Front
(expelled)
Interim Government of Iran (1979) •
41 Mehdi Bazargan
مهدی بازرگان
(1907–1995)
4 February 1979 6 November 1979
(cabinet resigned)[6]
275 days Freedom Movement Ruhollah Khomeini
(de facto)

(1979–1989)
Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present) •
Council of the Islamic Revolution
شورای انقلاب اسلامی
(Leader: Abolhassan Banisadr)
6 November 1979 12 August 1980 280 days Ruhollah Khomeini

(1979–1989)
42 Mohammad-Ali Rajai
محمدعلی رجائی
(1933–1981)
12 August 1980 4 August 1981 357 days Islamic Republican Party
43 Mohammad-Javad Bahonar
محمدجواد باهنر
(1933–1981)
4 August 1981 30 August 1981
(assassinated)
26 days Islamic Republican Party
44 Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
محمدرضا مهدوی کنی
(1931–2014)
2 September 1981 31 October 1981 59 days Combatant Clergy Association
45 Mir-Hossein Mousavi
میرحسین موسوی خامنه
(born 1942)
31 October 1981 14 August 1989 7 years, 287 days Islamic Republican Party
(until 1987)
Independent
Post abolished (14 August 1989 – present)

Timeline

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Mir-Hossein MousaviMohammad-Reza Mahdavi KaniMohammad-Javad BahonarMohammad-Ali RajaiMehdi BazarganShapour BakhtiarGholam Reza AzhariJamshid AmouzegarAmir-Abbas HoveydaHassan Ali MansurAsadollah AlamAli AminiJafar Sharif-EmamiManouchehr EghbalFazlollah ZahediMohammad MosaddeghHossein Ala'Khalil FahimiHaj Ali RazmaraAbdolhossein HazhirMohsen SadrEbrahim HakimiMorteza-Qoli BayatMohammad Sa'edAhmad QavamAli SoheiliAli MansurAhmad Matin-DaftariMahmoud DjamMehdi HedayatMohammad Ali ForoughiReza ShahAhmad QavamZia ol Din TabatabaeeFathollah Khan AkbarVosugh od-DowlehAbdol-Hossein Farman FarmaAbdol Majid MirzaHassan PirniaMohammad-Ali Ala ol-SaltanehNajaf-Qoli Khan BakhtiariMostowfi ol-MamalekMohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari TonekaboniJavad Sa'd al-DowlehHossein-Qoli Nezam al-Saltaneh MafiAbolqasem Naser ol-MolkAhmad Moshir al-SaltanehMirza Ali Asghar Khan Amin al-SoltanSoltan-Ali Vazir-e Afkham

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "IRANIAN PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION". The New York Times. 7 August 1977. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Shah Decrees Iran a One‐Party Nation". The New York Times. 3 March 1975. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Jamshid Amouzegar Is Named to Head Iran's Government". The New York Times. 8 August 1977. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  4. ^ Nicholas Gage (7 November 1978). "SHAH PUTS MILITARY IN CONTROL IN IRAN; U.S. ENDORSES MOVE". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  5. ^ Nicholas Gage (7 January 1979). "BAKHTIAR INSTALLED AND SHAH DECLARES HE'LL 'TAKE A REST'". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  6. ^ Godsel, Geoffrey (9 November 1979). "Bazargan resignation increases Iran risks to American hostages". The Deseret News. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

Sources

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  • Dowlathā-ye Īrān : az Mīrzā Naṣr Allāh Khān Moshīr al-Dowleh tā Mīr Ḥuseyn Mūsavī : aʻz̤ā-ye kābīnehā, sharḥ-e ḥāl, ʻaks, nemūne-ye emz̤āʼ va dastkhaṭṭ-e nakhostvazīrān, vazīrān va moʻāvenīn-e nakhostvazīr : bar asās-e daftar-e s̲abt-e kābīnehā-ye nakhostvazīrī [The governments of Iran : From Mīrzā Naṣr Allāh Khān Moshīr al-Dowleh to Mīr Ḥuseyn Mūsavī : Members of cabinets, biographies, photos, signature samples and handwriting exemplars of prime ministers, ministers and deputy prime ministers : On the basis of the prime minister's office records] (in Persian). Tehrān: Sāzmān-e Chāp va Enteshārāt, Vezārat-e Farhang va Ershād-e Eslāmī. 1999. ISBN 978-964-422-147-7.
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