Iran: Presidents of the Republic: 1979-2024
The beginning of the term of a President of the Islamic Republic of Iran is deemed to have commenced on the day of endorsement by the Leader. The date of taking oath of office at the session of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Majlis-i Shūrā-yi Islāmī | مجلس شورای اسلامی) is given for each President (except for Banī-Ṣadr). |
| Raʾīs-i Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān (رئیس جمهوری اسلامی ایران) | President of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| 4 Feb 1980 - 22 Jun 1981 |
Abū al-Ḥasan Banī-Ṣadr (ابوالحسن بن صدر) |
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endorsed: 4 Feb 1980 |
| Shūrā-i Muwaqqat-i Riʾāsat-i Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān (شورای موقت ریاست جمهوری اسلامی ایران) | Interim Presidential Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| 22 Jun 1981 - 2 Aug 1981 |
Muḥammad ʿAlī Rajāʾī (محمدعلی رجائی) |
| 22 Jun 1981 - 2 Aug 1981 |
Akbar Hāshimī-Rafsanjanī (اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی) [1] |
| 22 Jun 1981 - 28 Jun 1981 |
Muḥammad Ḥusaynī-Bihishtī (محمد حسینی بهشتی) |
| 29 Jun 1981 - 2 Aug 1981 |
ʿAbd al-Karīm Mūsawī-Ardabīlī (عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی) |
| Raʾīs-i Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān (رئیس جمهوری اسلامی ایران) | President of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| 2 Aug 1981 - 30 Aug 1981 |
Muḥammad ʿAlī Rajāʾī (محمدعلی رجائی)
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endorsed: 2 Aug 1981; took oath of office: 3 Aug 1981 |
| Shūrā-i Muwaqqat-i Riʾāsat-i Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān (شورای موقت ریاست جمهوری اسلامی ایران) | Interim Presidential Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| 30 Aug 1981 - 9 Oct 1981 |
Akbar Hāshimī-Rafsanjanī (اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی) |
| 30 Aug 1981 - 9 Oct 1981 |
ʿAbd al-Karīm Mūsawī-Ardabīlī (عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی) |
| 2 Sep 1981 - 9 Oct 1981 |
Muḥammad Riḍā Mahdawī-Kanī (محمدرضا مهدوی کنی) |
| Raʾīs-i Jumhūrī-i Islāmī-i Īrān (رئیس جمهوری اسلامی ایران) | President of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| 9 Oct 1981 - 16 Aug 1989 |
ʿAlī Ḥusaynī-Khāminiʾī (علی حسینی خامنه) |
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endorsed: 9 Oct 1981; took oath of office: 13 Oct 1981 |
| 16 Aug 1989 - 3 Aug 1997 |
Akbar Hāshimī-Rafsanjanī (اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی) |
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endorsed: 16 Aug 1989; took oath of office: 17 Aug 1989 |
| 3 Aug 1997 - 3 Aug 2005 |
Muḥammad Khātamī (محمد خاتمی) |
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endorsed: 3 Aug 1997; took oath of office: 4 Aug 1997 |
| 3 Aug 2005 - 3 Aug 2013 |
Maḥmūd Aḥmadī-nizhād (محمود احمدینژاد) [2] |
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endorsed: 3 Aug 2005; took oath of office: 6 Aug 2005 |
| 3 Aug 2013 - 3 Aug 2021 |
Ḥasan Rūḥānī (حسن روحانی) [3] |
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endorsed: 3 Aug 2013; took oath of office: 4 Aug 2013 |
| 3 Aug 2021 - 19 May 2024 |
Ibrahīm Raʾīs al-Sādātī (ابراهیم رئیس‌الساداتی) |
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endorsed: 3 Aug 2021; took oath of office: 5 Aug 2021 |
| Sarparast-i Riyāsat-i Jumhūr-i (سرپرست ریاست جمهوری) | Acting President of the Republic |
| 20 May 2024 - |
Muḥammad Mukhbir (محمد مخبر) |
