List of prime ministers of Iran explained

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

Political party key

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party	Head of state
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
• Sublime State of Persia (1907–1925) •
—		Soltan-Ali Vazir-e Afkham Persian: سلطان‌علی وزیر افخم	21 March 1907	29 April 1907		Independent	Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
1		Ali-Asghar Khan Atabak Persian: علی اصغر خان اتابک	4 May 1907	31 August 1907		Independent
2		Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh Persian: احمد مشیرالسلطنه	16 September 1907	27 October 1907		Independent
3		Abolqasem Naser ol-Molk Persian: ابوالقاسم ناصرالملک	27 October 1907	21 December 1907		Independent
4		Hossein-Qoli Nezam al-Saltaneh Mafi Persian: حسینقلی نظام السلطنه مافی	21 December 1907	21 May 1908		Independent
		Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh Persian: احمد مشیرالسلطنه	7 June 1908	29 April 1909		Independent
—		Javad Sa'd al-Dowleh Persian: جواد سعدالدوله	8 May 1909	13 July 1909		Independent
Interim Cabinet without Prime Minister Persian: کابینه موقت بدون نخست وزیر			17 July 1909	30 September 1909		–	Ahmad Shah Qajar
5		Mohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari Tonekaboni Persian: محمدولی‌خان خلعتبری تنکابنی	30 September 1909	25 July 1910		Moderate Socialists
6		Mostowfi ol-Mamalek Persian: مستوفی‌الممالک	25 July 1910	12 March 1911		Democrats
		Mohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari Tonekaboni Persian: محمدولی‌خان خلعتبری تنکابنی	12 March 1911	26 July 1911		Moderate Socialists
7		Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari Persian: نجف‌قلی‌خان بختیاری	26 July 1911	1913		Moderate Socialists
8		Mohammad-Ali Ala ol-Saltaneh Persian: محمدعلی علاءالسلطنه	18 January 1913	16 August 1913		Independent
		Mostowfi ol-Mamalek Persian: مستوفی‌الممالک	17 August 1913	14 March 1915		Democrats
9		Hassan Pirnia Persian: حسن پیرنیا	14 March 1915	1 May 1915		Moderate Socialists
10		Abdol Majid Mirza Persian: عبدالمجید میرزا	1 May 1915	18 August 1915		Independent
		Mostowfi ol-Mamalek Persian: مستوفی‌الممالک	18 August 1915	24 December 1915		Democrats
11		Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farman Farma Persian: عبدالحسين ميرزا فرمانفرما	24 December 1915	29 February 1916		Moderate Socialists
		Mohammad Vali Khan Khalatbari Tonekaboni Persian: محمدولی‌خان خلعتبری تنکابنی	5 March 1916	29 August 1916		Moderate Socialists
12		Vosugh od-Dowleh Persian: حسن وثوق‌الدوله	29 August 1916	5 June 1917		Democrats
		Mohammad-Ali Ala ol-Saltaneh Persian: محمدعلی علاءالسلطنه	5 June 1917	21 November 1917		Independent
		Abdol Majid Mirza Persian: عبدالمجید میرزا	21 November 1917	16 January 1918		Independent
		Mostowfi ol-Mamalek Persian: مستوفی‌الممالک	16 January 1918	1 May 1918		Democrats
		Najaf-Qoli Khan Bakhtiari Persian: نجف‌قلی‌خان بختیاری	1 May 1918	8 August 1918		Moderate Socialists
		Vosugh od-Dowleh Persian: حسن وثوق‌الدوله	8 August 1918	3 July 1920		Democrats
						Independent
		Hassan Pirnia Persian: حسن پیرنیا	3 July 1920	27 October 1920		Independent
13		Fathollah Khan Akbar Persian: فتح الله خان اکبر	27 October 1920	22 February 1921		Independent
14		Zia ol Din Tabatabaee Persian: ضیاء الدین طباطبایی	24 February 1921	4 June 1921		Independent
15		Qavām os-Saltaneh Persian: قوام السلطنه	4 June 1921	21 January 1922		Reformers' Party
		Hassan Pirnia Persian: حسن پیرنیا	21 January 1922	22 June 1922		Independent
		Qavām os-Saltaneh Persian: قوام السلطنه	22 June 1922	15 February 1923		Reformers' Party
		Mostowfi ol-Mamalek Persian: مستوفی‌الممالک	15 February 1923	15 June 1923		Revival Party
		Hassan Pirnia Persian: حسن پیرنیا	15 June 1923	26 October 1923		Independent
16		Reza Khan Sardar Sepah Persian: رضاخان سردار سپه	26 October 1923	12 December 1925		Military
• Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) •
—		Mohammad Ali Foroughi Persian: محمدعلی فروغی	12 December 1925	13 June 1926		Revival Party	Reza Shah Pahlavi
		Mostowfi ol-Mamalek Persian: مستوفی‌الممالک	13 June 1926	2 June 1927		Revival Party
17		Mehdi Hedayat Persian: مهدی قلی هدایت	2 June 1927	18 September 1933		Revival Party
						Independent
18		Mohammad Ali Foroughi Persian: محمدعلی فروغی	18 September 1933	3 December 1935		Independent
19		Mahmoud Djam Persian: محمود جم	3 December 1935	26 October 1939		Independent
20		Ahmad Matin-Daftari Persian: احمد متین دفتری	26 October 1939	26 June 1940		Independent
21		Ali Mansur Persian: علی خان منصور	26 June 1940	27 August 1941		Independent
		Mohammad Ali Foroughi Persian: محمدعلی فروغی	27 August 1941	9 March 1942		Independent	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
22		Ali Soheili Persian: علی سهیلی	9 March 1942	9 August 1942		Independent
		Ahmad Qavam Persian: احمد قوام	9 August 1942	15 February 1943		Independent
		Ali Soheili Persian: علی سهیلی	15 February 1943	6 April 1944		Independent
23		Mohammad Sa'ed Persian: محمد ساعد مراغه‌ای	6 April 1944	25 November 1944		Independent
24		Morteza-Qoli Bayat Persian: مرتضی‌قلی بیات	25 November 1944	13 May 1945		Independent
25		Ebrahim Hakimi Persian: ابراهیم حکیمی	13 May 1945	6 June 1945		Independent
26		Mohsen Sadr Persian: محسن صدر	6 June 1945	30 October 1945		Independent
		Ebrahim Hakimi Persian: ابراهیم حکیمی	30 October 1945	28 January 1946		Independent
		Ahmad Qavam Persian: احمد قوام	28 January 1946	18 December 1947		Independent
						Democrat Party of Iran
		Ebrahim Hakimi Persian: ابراهیم حکیمی	29 December 1947	13 June 1948		Independent
27		Abdolhossein Hazhir Persian: عبدالحسین هژیر‎	13 June 1948	9 November 1948		Independent
		Mohammad Sa'ed Persian: محمد ساعد مراغه‌ای	9 November 1948	23 March 1950		Independent
		Ali Mansur Persian: علی خان منصور	23 March 1950	26 June 1950		Independent
28		Ali Razmara Persian: حاجیعلی رزم‌آرا	26 June 1950	7 March 1951		Military
—		Persian: خلیل فهیمی	7 March 1951	12 March 1951		Independent
29		Hossein Ala' Persian: حسین علاء	12 March 1951	27 April 1951		Independent
30		Mohammad Mosaddegh Persian: محمد مصدق	28 April 1951	17 July 1952		National Front
		Ahmad Qavam Persian: احمد قوام	17 July 1952	22 July 1952		Independent
		Mohammad Mosaddegh Persian: محمد مصدق	22 July 1952	19 August 1953		National Front
31		Fazlollah Zahedi Persian: فضل‌الله زاهدی	19 August 1953	7 April 1955		Military
		Hossein Ala' Persian: حسین علاء	7 April 1955	3 April 1957		Independent
32		Manouchehr Eghbal Persian: منوچهر اقبال	3 April 1957	31 August 1960		Nationalists' Party
33		Jafar Sharif-Emami Persian: جعفر شریف‌امامی	31 August 1960	5 May 1961		Nationalists' Party
34		Ali Amini Persian: علی امینی	5 May 1961	19 July 1962		Independent
35		Asadollah Alam Persian: اسدالله علم	19 July 1962	7 March 1964		People's Party
36		Hassan Ali Mansur Persian: حسنعلی منصور	7 March 1964	26 January 1965		New Iran Party
37		Amir-Abbas Hoveyda Persian: امیرعباس هویدا	26 January 1965	7 August 1977^[1]		New Iran Party ^[2]
						Rastakhiz Party
38		Jamshid Amouzegar Persian: جمشید آموزگار	7 August 1977^[3]	27 August 1978		Rastakhiz Party
		Jafar Sharif-Emami Persian: جعفر شریف‌امامی	27 August 1978	6 November 1978		Rastakhiz Party
						Independent
39		Gholam Reza Azhari Persian: غلامرضا ازهاری	6 November 1978^[4]	4 January 1979		Military
40		Shapour Bakhtiar Persian: شاپور بختیار	4 January 1979^[5]	11 February 1979		National Front
• Interim Government of Iran (1979) •
41		Mehdi Bazargan Persian: مهدی بازرگان	4 February 1979	6 November 1979 ^[6]		Freedom Movement	Ruhollah Khomeini
• Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present) •
Council of the Islamic Revolution Persian: شورای انقلاب اسلامی			6 November 1979	12 August 1980		–	Ruhollah Khomeini
		Mohammad-Ali Rajai Persian: محمدعلی رجائی	12 August 1980	4 August 1981		Islamic Republican Party
		Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Persian: محمدجواد باهنر	4 August 1981	30 August 1981		Islamic Republican Party
		Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Persian: محمدرضا مهدوی کنی	2 September 1981	31 October 1981		Combatant Clergy Association
		Mir-Hossein Mousavi Persian: میرحسین موسوی خامنه	31 October 1981	14 August 1989		Islamic Republican Party
						Independent
Post abolished (14 August 1989 – present)

See also

• List of monarchs of Persia
• President of Iran
  • List of presidents of Iran
• List of vice presidents of Iran
• List of speakers of the Parliament of Iran

Sources

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Notes and References

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