List of Prime Ministers of Iran
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Mir-Hossein Mousavi was the last Iranian Prime Minister.
This is a list of Prime Ministers of Iran from the creation of the office in 1906 during the Persian Constitutional Revolution, until 1989 when the post was abolished after the constitutional referendum. Prime Minister was the head of government of Iran.
After the Constitutional Revolution, Nasrullah Moshir al-Dowleh 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).
Colour key
(for political parties)
List
Name | Portrait | Birth–Death | Entered office | Left office | Political party | Head of State (Reign / Term) | ||
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1 | Nasrullah Moshir al-Dowleh Grand Vizier |
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1840–1907 | 1 August 1906 | 7 March 1907 | Independent | Mozaffar al-Din Shah Qajar![]() (1896–1907) | |
Moshir al-Dowleh held the office at the time of death of Mozaffar al-Din Shah and accession of Mohammad Ali Shah, on 3 January 1907. | Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar![]() (1907–1909) | |||||||
2 | Soltan-Ali Vazir-e Afkham Interior Minister and Head of Cabinet |
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17 March 1907 | 29 April 1907 | Independent | |||
3 | Ali-Asghar Khan Atabak | ![]() |
1858–1907 | 4 May 1907 | 31 August 1907 (assassinated) |
Independent | ||
4 | Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh (1st Term) |
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16 September 1907 | 27 October 1907 | Independent | |||
5 | Abolqasem Naser al-Molk | ![]() |
27 October 1907 | 21 December 1907 | Independent | |||
6 | Hossein-Qoli Nezam al-Saltaneh Mafi | ![]() |
21 December 1907 | 21 May 1908 | Independent | |||
(4) | Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh (2nd Term) |
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7 June 1908 | 29 April 1909 | Independent | |||
7 | Kamran Mirza Nayeb al-Saltaneh | ![]() |
1856–1929 | 29 April 1909 | 2 May 1909 | Independent | ||
8 | Javad Sa'd al-Dowleh | ![]() |
8 May 1909 | 13 July 1909 (deposed) |
Independent | |||
Temporary Cabinet without a Prime Minister (Appointed by Supreme Council of Politicians and Clergymen) | – | 17 July 1909 | 30 September 1909 | – | Ahmad Shah Qajar![]() (1909–1925) | |||
9 | Mohammad-Vali Khan Tonekaboni (1st Term) |
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1848–1926 | 30 September 1909 | 25 July 1910 | Independent | ||
10 | Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek (1st Term) |
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1875–1932 | 25 July 1910 | 12 March 1911 | Independent | ||
(9) | Mohammad-Vali Khan Tonekaboni (2nd Term) |
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1848–1926 | 12 March 1911 | 26 July 1911 | Moderate Socialists | ||
11 | Najaf-Qoli Samsam al-Saltaneh (1st Term) |
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1846–1930 | 1911 | 1913 | Independent | ||
12 | Mohammad-Ali Ala al-Saltaneh (1st Term) |
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1867–1914 | 18 January 1913 | 16 August 1913 | Independent | ||
(10) | Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek (2nd Term) |
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1875–1932 | 17 August 1913 | 14 March 1915 | Independent | ||
13 | Hassan Pirnia (1st Term) |
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1871–1935 | 14 March 1915 | 1 May 1915 | Independent | ||
14 | Abdol Majid Mirza (1st Term) |
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1845–1927 | 1 May 1915 | 18 August 1915 | Independent | ||
(10) | Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek (3rd Term) |
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1875–1932 | 18 August 1915 | 24 December 1915 | Independent | ||
15 | Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma | ![]() |
1857–1939 | 24 December 1915 | 29 February 1916 | Independent | ||
(9) | Mohammad-Vali Khan Tonekaboni (3rd Term) |
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1848–1926 | 5 March 1916 | 29 August 1916 | Moderate Socialists | ||
16 | Hassan Vosugh al-Dowleh (1st Term) |
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1873–1950 | 29 August 1916 | 5 June 1917 | Independent | ||
(12) | Mohammad-Ali Ala al-Saltaneh (2nd Term) |
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1867–1914 | 5 June 1917 | 21 November 1917 | Independent | ||
(14) | Abdol Majid Mirza (2nd Term) |
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1845–1927 | 21 November 1917 | 16 January 1918 | Independent | ||
(10) | Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek (4th Term) |
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1875–1932 | 1918 | 1918 | Independent | ||
(11) | Najaf-Qoli Samsam al-Saltaneh (2nd Term) |
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1846–1930 | 1 May 1918 | 8 August 1918 | Independent | ||
(16) | Hassan Vosugh al-Dowleh (2nd Term) |
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1873–1950 | 8 August 1918 | 3 July 1920 | Independent | ||
(13) | Hassan Pirnia (2nd Term) |
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1871–1935 | 3 July 1920 | 27 October 1920 | Independent | ||
17 | Fathollah Khan Akbar | ![]() |
1878–1967 | 27 October 1920 | 22 February 1921 (deposed) |
Independent | ||
18 | Zia'eddin Tabatabaee | ![]() |
1888–1969 | 24 February 1921 | 4 June 1921 | Independent | ||
19 | Ahmad Qavam (1st Term) |
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1873–1955 | 4 June 1921 | 21 January 1922 | Independent | ||
(13) | Hassan Pirnia (3rd Term) |
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1871–1935 | 21 January 1922 | 22 June 1922 | Independent | ||
(19) | Ahmad Qavam (2nd Term) |
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1873–1955 | 22 June 1922 | 15 February 1923 | Independent | ||
(10) | Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek (5th Term) |
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1875–1932 | 15 February 1923 | 15 June 1923 | Independent | ||
(13) | Hassan Pirnia (4th Term) |
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1871–1935 | 15 June 1923 | 26 October 1923 | Independent | ||
20 | Reza Khan Sardar Sepah | ![]() |
1878–1944 | 26 October 1923 | 12 December 1925 | Military | ||
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21 | Mohammad-Ali Foroughi (1st Term) |
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1877–1943 | 12 December 1925 | 13 June 1926 | Revival Party | Reza Shah![]() (1925–1941) | |
(10) | Hassan Mostowfi (6th Term) |
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1875–1932 | 13 June 1926 | 2 June 1927 | Revival Party | ||
22 | Mehdi Hedayat | ![]() |
1864–1955 | 2 June 1927 | 18 September 1933 | Revival Party | ||
(21) | Mohammad-Ali Foroughi (2nd Term) |
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1877–1943 | 18 September 1933 | 3 December 1935 | Revival Party | ||
23 | Mahmoud Jam | ![]() |
1880–1969 | 3 December 1935 | 26 October 1939 | Independent | ||
24 | Ahmad Matin-Daftari | ![]() |
1896–1971 | 26 October 1939 | 26 June 1940 | Independent | ||
25 | Ali Mansur (1st Term) |
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1886–1974 | 26 June 1940 | 27 August 1941 (resigned) |
Independent | ||
(21) | Mohammad-Ali Foroughi (3rd Term) |
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1877–1943 | 27 August 1941 | 9 March 1942 | Independent | Mohammad Reza Shah![]() (1941–1979) | |
26 | Ali Soheili (1st Term) |
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1896–1958 | 9 March 1942 | 9 August 1942 | Independent | ||
(19) | Ahmad Qavam (3rd Term) |
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1873–1955 | 9 August 1942 | 15 February 1943 | Independent | ||
(26) | Ali Soheili (2nd Term) |
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1896–1958 | 15 February 1943 | 6 April 1944 | Independent | ||
27 | Mohammad Sa'ed (1st Term) |
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1881–1973 | 6 April 1944 | 25 November 1944 | Independent | ||
28 | Morteza-Qoli Bayat | ![]() |
1890–1958 | 25 November 1944 | 13 May 1945 | Independent | ||
29 | Ebrahim Hakimi (1st Term) |
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1863–1959 | 13 May 1945 | 6 June 1945 | Independent | ||
30 | Mohsen Sadr | ![]() |
1866–1962 | 6 June 1945 | 30 October 1945 | Independent | ||
(29) | Ebrahim Hakimi (2nd Term) |
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1863–1959 | 30 October 1945 | 28 January 1946 | Independent | ||
(19) | Ahmad Qavam (4th Term) |
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1873–1955 | 28 January 1946 | 18 December 1947 | Democratic Party of Iran | ||
31 | Mohammad-Reza Hekmat | ![]() |
1891–1978 | 18 December 1947 | 29 December 1947 | Independent | ||
(29) | Ebrahim Hakimi (3rd Term) |
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1871–1959 | 29 December 1947 | 13 June 1948 | Independent | ||
32 | Abdolhossein Hazhir | ![]() |
1902–1949 | 13 June 1948 | 9 November 1948 | Independent | ||
(27) | Mohammad Sa'ed (2nd Term) |
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1881–1973 | 9 November 1948 | 23 March 1950 | Independent | ||
(25) | Ali Mansur (2nd Term) |
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1886–1974 | 23 March 1950 | 26 June 1950 | Independent | ||
33 | Ali Razmara | ![]() |
1901–1951 | 26 June 1950 | 7 March 1951 (assassinated) |
Military | ||
— | Khalil Fahimi Acting Prime Minister |
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1876–1953 | 7 March 1951 | 12 March 1951 | Independent | ||
34 | Hossein Ala' (1st Term) |
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1882–1964 | 12 March 1951 | 30 April 1951 | Independent | ||
35 | Mohammad Mosaddegh (1st Term) |
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1882–1967 | 30 April 1951 | 17 July 1952 | National Front | ||
(19) | Ahmad Qavam (5th Term) |
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1873–1955 | 17 July 1952 | 22 July 1952 | Democratic Party of Iran | ||
(35) | Mohammad Mosaddegh (2nd Term) |
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1882–1967 | 22 July 1952 | 19 August 1953 (deposed) |
National Front | ||
36 | Fazlollah Zahedi | ![]() |
1897–1963 | 19 August 1953 | 7 April 1955 | Military | ||
(34) | Hossein Ala' (2nd Term) |
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1882–1964 | 7 April 1955 | 3 April 1957 | Independent | ||
37 | Manouchehr Eghbal | ![]() |
1909–1977 | 3 April 1957 | 31 August 1960 | Nationalists' Party | ||
38 | Jafar Sharif-Emami (1st Term) |
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1910–1998 | 31 August 1960 | 5 May 1961 | Independent | ||
39 | Ali Amini | ![]() |
1905–1992 | 5 May 1961 | 19 July 1962 | Independent | ||
40 | Asadollah Alam | ![]() |
1919–1978 | 19 July 1962 | 7 March 1964 | People's Party | ||
41 | Hassan-Ali Mansur | ![]() |
1923–1965 | 7 March 1964 | 26 January 1965 (assassinated) |
New Iran Party | ||
42 | Amir-Abbas Hoveyda | ![]() |
1919–1979 | 26 January 1965 | 7 August 1977 | New Iran Party (until 1975) | ||
(42) | Rastakhiz Party | |||||||
43 | Jamshid Amouzegar | ![]() |
1923–2016 | 7 August 1977 | 27 August 1978 | Rastakhiz Party | ||
(38) | Jafar Sharif-Emami (2nd Term) |
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1910–1998 | 27 August 1978 | 6 November 1978 | Rastakhiz Party (until 1 November) | ||
(38) | Independent | |||||||
44 | Gholam-Reza Azhari | ![]() |
1912–2001 | 6 November 1978 | 4 January 1979 | Military | ||
45 | Shapour Bakhtiar | ![]() |
1914–1991 | 4 January 1979 | 11 February 1979 (deposed) |
Independent | ||
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46 | Mehdi Bazargan | ![]() |
1907–1995 | 4 February 1979 | 6 November 1979 (resigned) |
Freedom Movement of Iran | Ruhollah Khomeini![]() (1979–1989) | |
Council of the Islamic Revolution (Leader: Abolhassan Banisadr) | – | 6 November 1979 | 12 August 1980 | – | ||||
47 | Mohammad-Ali Rajai | ![]() |
1933–1981 | 12 August 1980 | 4 August 1981 | Islamic Republican Party | ||
48 | Mohammad-Javad Bahonar | ![]() |
1933–1981 | 4 August 1981 | 30 August 1981 (assassinated) |
Islamic Republican Party | ||
— | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Acting Prime Minister |
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1931–2014 | 2 September 1981 | 31 October 1981 | Combatant Clergy Association | ||
49 | Mir-Hossein Mousavi | ![]() |
1942– | 31 October 1981 | 14 August 1989 | Islamic Republican Party (until 1987) | ||
(49) | Independent | |||||||
Post Abolished (since 14 August 1989) |
See also
- Prime Minister of Iran
- List of Premiers of Iran (1699–1907)
- President of Iran
- List of Vice Presidents of Iran
- List of Speakers of the Parliament of Iran
References
- 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.
- Sepehr, Ahmad-Ali (1983–84). Iran dar jang-e bozorg (1914–1918) [Iran in the Great War (1914–1918)] (in Persian). Tehrān: Adib.
- Ettehadieh, Mansoureh (2011). "CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION v. Political parties of the constitutional period". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VI, Fasc. 2. pp. 199–202.
- Calmard, J. (2011). "ATĀBAK-E AʿẒAM, AMĪN-AL-SOLṬĀN". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. II, Fasc. 8. pp. 878–890.
- Mir, Cyrus (1999). "FARMĀNFARMĀ, ʿABD-AL-ḤOSAYN MĪRZĀ". Encyclopaedia Iranica. However, the birth year indicated there (1858) does not agree with his WorldCat entry and with his VIAF entry, both of which give 1857.
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