Prime Minister of Iran

The Prime Minister of Iran was a political job in Iran (Persia) that had existed many times between the Qajar era until the end of the Pahlavi dynasty. It also was active from 1979 to 1989 following the Iranian Revolution, but was abolished in 1989.

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  Portrait Name Term of office Political party Head of State Took office Left office Time in office 30px • Sublime State of Persia (1907–1925) • 20px 180pxNasrullah Moshir al-Dowleh 1 August 1906 7 March 1907 IndependentMozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar80pxMohammad Ali Shah Qajar80px 2 80px Soltan-Ali Vazir-e Afkham 17 March 1907 29 April 1907  Independent 3 80px Ali-Asghar Khan Atabak 4 May 1907 31 August 1907  Independent 4 80px Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh 16 September 1907 27 October 1907  Independent 5 80px Abolqasem Naser al-Molk 27 October 1907 21 December 1907  Independent 6 80px Hossein-Qoli Nezam al-Saltaneh Mafi 21 December 1907 21 May 1908  Independent  80px Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh 7 June 1908 29 April 1909  Independent 7 80px Kamran Mirza Nayeb al-Saltaneh 29 April 1909 2 May 1909  Independent 8 80px Javad Sa'd al-Dowleh 8 May 1909 13 July 1909  IndependentInterim Cabinet without Prime Ministerکابینه موقت بدون نخست وزیر17 July 190930 September 1909 –Ahmad Shah Qajar80px 9 80px Mohammad-Vali Khan Tonekaboni 30 September 1909 25 July 1910  Moderate Socialists 10 80px Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek 25 July 1910 12 March 1911  Democrats  80px Mohammad-Vali Khan Tonekaboni 12 March 1911 26 July 1911  Moderate Socialists 11 80px Najaf-Qoli Samsam al-Saltaneh 26 July 1911 1913  Moderate Socialists 12 80px Mohammad-Ali Ala al-Saltaneh 18 January 1913 16 August 1913  Independent  80px Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek 17 August 1913 14 March 1915  Democrats 13 80px Hassan Pirnia 14 March 1915 1 May 1915  Moderate Socialists 14 80px Abdol Majid Mirza 1 May 1915 18 August 1915  Independent  80px Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek 18 August 1915 24 December 1915  Democrats 15 80px Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma 24 December 1915 29 February 1916  Moderate Socialists  80px Mohammad-Vali Khan Tonekaboni 5 March 1916 29 August 1916  Moderate Socialists 16 80px Hassan Vosugh al-Dowleh 29 August 1916 5 June 1917  Democrats  80px Mohammad-Ali Ala al-Saltaneh 5 June 1917 21 November 1917  Independent  80px Abdol Majid Mirza 21 November 1917 16 January 1918  Independent  80px Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek 16 January 1918 1 May 1918  Democrats  80px Najaf-Qoli Samsam al-Saltaneh 1 May 1918 8 August 1918  Moderate Socialists 80pxHassan Vosugh al-Dowleh8 August 19183 July 1920 Democrats Independent  80px Hassan Pirnia 3 July 1920 27 October 1920  Independent 17 80px Fathollah Khan Akbar 27 October 1920 22 February 1921  Independent 18 80px Zia'eddin Tabatabaee 24 February 1921 4 June 1921  Independent 19 80px Qavām os-Saltaneh 4 June 1921 21 January 1922  Reformers' Party  80px Hassan Pirnia 21 January 1922 22 June 1922  Independent  80px Qavām os-Saltaneh 22 June 1922 15 February 1923  Reformers' Party  80px Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek 15 February 1923 15 June 1923  Revival Party  80px Hassan Pirnia 15 June 1923 26 October 1923  Independent 20 80px Reza Khan Sardar Sepah 26 October 1923 12 December 1925  Military 30px • Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) •  — 80px Mohammad-Ali Foroughi 12 December 1925 13 June 1926  Revival PartyReza Shah Pahlavi80px  80px Mostowfi ol-Mamalek 13 June 1926 2 June 1927  Revival Party 2180pxMehdi Hedayat2 June 192718 September 1933 Revival Party Independent 22 80px Mohammad-Ali Foroughi 18 September 1933 3 December 1935  Independent 23 80px Mahmoud Jam 3 December 1935 26 October 1939  Independent 24 80px Ahmad Matin-Daftari 26 October 1939 26 June 1940  Independent 25 80px Ali Mansur 26 June 1940 27 August 1941  Independent  80px Mohammad-Ali Foroughi 27 August 1941 9 March 1942  IndependentMohammad Reza Pahlavi80px 26 80px Ali Soheili 9 March 1942 9 August 1942  Independent  80px Ahmad Qavam 9 August 1942 15 February 1943  Independent  80px Ali Soheili 15 February 1943 6 April 1944  Independent 27 80px Mohammad Sa'ed 6 April 1944 25 November 1944  Independent 28 80px Morteza-Qoli Bayat 25 November 1944 13 May 1945  Independent 29 80px Ebrahim Hakimi 13 May 1945 6 June 1945  Independent 30 80px Mohsen Sadr 6 June 1945 30 October 1945  Independent  80px Ebrahim Hakimi 30 October 1945 28 January 1946  Independent 80pxAhmad Qavam28 January 194618 December 1947 Independent Democrat Party of Iran 31 80px Mohammad-Reza Hekmat 18 December 1947 29 December 1947  Democrat Party of Iran  80px Ebrahim Hakimi 29 December 1947 13 June 1948  Independent 32 80px Abdolhossein Hazhir 13 June 1948 9 November 1948  Independent  80px Mohammad Sa'ed 9 November 1948 23 March 1950  Independent  80px Ali Mansur 23 March 1950 26 June 1950  Independent 33 80px Ali Razmara 26 June 1950 7 March 1951  Military — 80px Khalil Fahimi 7 March 1951 12 March 1951  Independent 34 80px Hossein Ala' 12 March 1951 27 April 1951  Independent 35 80px Mohammad Mosaddegh 28 April 1951 17 July 1952  National Front  80px Ahmad Qavam 17 July 1952 22 July 1952  Independent  80px Mohammad Mosaddegh 22 July 1952 19 August 1953  National Front 36 80px Fazlollah Zahedi 19 August 1953 7 April 1955  Military  80px Hossein Ala' 7 April 1955 3 April 1957  Independent 37 80px Manouchehr Eghbal 3 April 1957 31 August 1960  Nationalists’ Party 38 80px Jafar Sharif-Emami 31 August 1960 5 May 1961  Nationalists’ Party 39 80px Ali Amini 5 May 1961 19 July 1962  Independent 40 80px Asadollah Alam 19 July 1962 7 March 1964  People's Party 41 80px Hassan-Ali Mansur 7 March 1964 26 January 1965  New Iran Party 4280pxAmir-Abbas Hoveyda26 January 19657 August 1977 New Iran Party Rastakhiz Party 43 80px Jamshid Amouzegar 7 August 1977 27 August 1978  Rastakhiz Party 80pxJafar Sharif-Emami27 August 19786 November 1978 Rastakhiz Party Independent 44 80px Gholam Reza Azhari 6 November 1978 4 January 1979  Military 45 80px Shapour Bakhtiar 4 January 1979 11 February 1979  Independent 30px • Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present) • 20px  80px Mehdi Bazarganمهدی بازرگان 4 February 1979 6 November 1979  Freedom Movement of IranRuhollah Khomeini80pxCouncil of the Islamic Revolutionشورای انقلاب اسلامی6 November 197912 August 1980 –  80px Mohammad-Ali Rajaiمحمدعلی رجائی 12 August 1980 4 August 1981  Islamic Republican Party  80px Mohammad-Javad Bahonarمحمدجواد باهنر 4 August 1981 30 August 1981  Islamic Republican Party  80px Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kaniمحمدرضا مهدوی کنی 2 September 1981 31 October 1981  Combatant Clergy Association 80pxMir-Hossein Mousaviمیرحسین موسوی خامنه31 October 198114 August 1989 Islamic Republican Party Independent Ali Khamenei80px Post abolished (14 August 1989 – present)

Living former prime ministers
NamePictureTermDate of birthMir-Hossein Mousavi80px1981–1989

More readings
For a full list of Viziers of Iran in the last 2000 years, see: "Iranian Viziers: From Bozorgmehr to Amir Kabir" (وزیران ایرانی از بزرگمهر تا امیر کبیر) by Abdolrafi' Haqiqat (عبدالرفیع حقیقت). Perry–Castañeda Library collection DS 271 F34 1995
 Mohammad Taghi Bahar, Taarikh-e Mokhtasar-e Ahzaab-e Siaasi-e Iraan (A Short History of Political Parties of Iran), Amirkabir, 1978.
 Encyclopædia Iranica's entries on "Ala-al-Saltana, Mohammad-Ali" and "Akbar Sepahdar-e Azam, Fathallah"
 various articles in The Persian Encyclopedia
'Alí Rizā Awsatí (عليرضا اوسطى), Iran in the Past Three Centuries (Irān dar Se Qarn-e Goz̲ashteh - ايران در سه قرن گذشته), Volumes 1 and 2 (Paktāb Publishing - انتشارات پاکتاب, Tehran, Iran, 2003).  (Vol. 1),  (Vol. 2).

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