Vice President of Iran
Appearance
First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Member of | Cabinet |
Residence | Boostan Palace, Sa'dabad Complex |
Appointer | The President |
Term length | No term |
Inaugural holder | Hassan Habibi September 1, 1989 |
Succession | First (in line of presidential succession) |
Website | The First Vice Presidency |
The Vice President of Iran (Persian: معاون رئیسجمهور ایران, M'avân-e Renisjimhur-e Iran) is a politician hired by the President of Iran to lead an organization related to Presidential activities. As of August 2019[update], there are 12 Vice Presidents in Iran.
The First Vice President (Persian: معاوناول) is the most important as he or she leads cabinet meetings when the president cannot.[1]
List
[change | change source]No. | Vice President (Birth–Death) |
Picture | Took office | Left office | Party | President | ||
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1 | Hassan Habibi (1937–2013) |
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1 September 1989 | 11 September 2001 | — | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani | ||
Executives of Construction Party (Since 1996) | ||||||||
Mohammad Khatami | ||||||||
2 | Mohammad-Reza Aref (born 1951) |
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11 September 2001 | 11 September 2005 | Islamic Iran Participation Front | |||
3 | Parviz Davoodi (born 1952) |
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11 September 2005 | 17 July 2009 | — | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | ||
4 | Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (born 1960) |
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17 July 2009 | 25 July 2009 | ||||
Office vacant from 25 July to 13 September 2009 | ||||||||
5 | Mohammad Reza Rahimi (born 1949) |
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13 September 2009 | 5 August 2013 | — | |||
6 | Eshaq Jahangiri (born 1957) |
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5 August 2013 | 8 August 2021 | Executives of Construction Party | Hassan Rouhani | ||
5 | Mohammad Mokhber (born 1955) |
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8 August 2021 | 28 July 2024 | — | Ebrahim Raisi | ||
(2) | Mohammad-Reza Aref (born 1951) |
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28 July 2024 | Incumbent | Islamic Iran Participation Front | Masoud Pezeshkian |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Iran VP pick too friendly toward Israel?". Associated Press. Accessed July 22, 2009.