List of prime ministers of Iran

Amir-Abbas Hoveyda was the longest-serving Prime Minister of Iran, in office from 1965 until 1977 for twelve years, under the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

The office of Prime Minister of Iran was established in 1906 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.

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).

List[]

Political party key

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party	Head of State (Reign / Term)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
• Sublime State of Persia (1907–1925) •
1		Nasrullah Moshir al-Dowleh (1840–1907) Grand Vizier	1 August 1906	7 March 1907	218 days	Independent	Mozaffar ad-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 (1862–1914) Interior Minister and Head of Cabinet	17 March 1907	29 April 1907	43 days	Independent
3		Ali-Asghar Khan Atabak (1858–1907)	4 May 1907	31 August 1907 (assassinated)	119 days	Independent
4		Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh (1844–1918)	16 September 1907	27 October 1907	41 days	Independent
5		Abolqasem Naser al-Molk (1856–1927)	27 October 1907	21 December 1907	55 days	Independent
6		(1832–1908)	21 December 1907	21 May 1908	152 days	Independent
(4)		Ahmad Moshir al-Saltaneh (1844–1918)	7 June 1908	29 April 1909	326 days	Independent
7		Kamran Mirza Nayeb al-Saltaneh (1856–1929)	29 April 1909	2 May 1909	3 days	Independent
8		Javad Sa'd al-Dowleh (1856–1930)	8 May 1909	13 July 1909 (deposed)	66 days	Independent
Interim Cabinet without Prime Minister کابینه موقت بدون نخست وزیر (Appointed by Supreme Council of Politicians and Clergymen)			17 July 1909	30 September 1909	75 days	–	Ahmad Shah Qajar (1909–1925)
9		Mohammad-Vali Khan Tonekaboni (1848–1926)	30 September 1909	25 July 1910	298 days	Moderate Socialists
10		Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek (1875–1932)	25 July 1910	12 March 1911	230 days	Democrats
(9)		Mohammad-Vali Khan Tonekaboni (1848–1926)	12 March 1911	26 July 1911	136 days	Moderate Socialists
11		Najaf-Qoli Samsam al-Saltaneh (1846–1930)	26 July 1911	1913	c. 2 years	Moderate Socialists
12		Mohammad-Ali Ala al-Saltaneh (1829–1918)	18 January 1913	16 August 1913	210 days	Independent
(10)		Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek (1875–1932)	17 August 1913	14 March 1915	1 year, 209 days	Democrats
13		Hassan Pirnia (1871–1935)	14 March 1915	1 May 1915	48 days	Moderate Socialists
14		Abdol Majid Mirza (1845–1927)	1 May 1915	18 August 1915	109 days	Independent
(10)		Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek (1875–1932)	18 August 1915	24 December 1915	128 days	Democrats
15		Abdol-Hossein Mirza Farmanfarma (1857–1939)	24 December 1915	29 February 1916	67 days	Moderate Socialists
(9)		Mohammad-Vali Khan Tonekaboni (1848–1926)	5 March 1916	29 August 1916	177 days	Moderate Socialists
16		Hassan Vosugh al-Dowleh (1873–1950)	29 August 1916	5 June 1917	280 days	Democrats
(12)		Mohammad-Ali Ala al-Saltaneh (1829–1918)	5 June 1917	21 November 1917	169 days	Independent
(14)		Abdol Majid Mirza (1845–1927)	21 November 1917	16 January 1918	56 days	Independent
(10)		Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek (1875–1932)	16 January 1918	1 May 1918	105 days	Democrats
(11)		Najaf-Qoli Samsam al-Saltaneh (1846–1930)	1 May 1918	8 August 1918	99 days	Moderate Socialists
(16)		Hassan Vosugh al-Dowleh (1845–1927)	8 August 1918	3 July 1920	1 year, 330 days	Democrats (until 1919)
						Independent
(13)		Hassan Pirnia (1871–1935)	3 July 1920	27 October 1920	116 days	Independent
17		Fathollah Khan Akbar (1878–1967)	27 October 1920	22 February 1921 (deposed)	118 days	Independent
18		Zia'eddin Tabatabaee (1889–1969)	24 February 1921	4 June 1921	100 days	Independent
19		Qavām os-Saltaneh (1873–1955)	4 June 1921	21 January 1922	231 days	Reformers' Party
(13)		Hassan Pirnia (1871–1935)	21 January 1922	22 June 1922	152 days	Independent
(19)		Qavām os-Saltaneh (1873–1955)	22 June 1922	15 February 1923	238 days	Reformers' Party
(10)		Hassan Mostowfi al-Mamalek (1875–1932)	15 February 1923	15 June 1923	120 days	Revival Party
(13)		Hassan Pirnia (1871–1935)	15 June 1923	26 October 1923	133 days	Independent
20		Reza Khan Sardar Sepah (1878–1944)	26 October 1923	12 December 1925 (became Shah)	2 years, 47 days	Military
• Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) •
—		Mohammad-Ali Foroughi (1875–1942) Acting Prime Minister	12 December 1925	13 June 1926	183 days	Revival Party	Reza Shah Pahlavi (1925–1941)
(10)		Mostowfi ol-Mamalek (1875–1932)	13 June 1926	2 June 1927	354 days	Revival Party
21		Mehdi Hedayat (1864–1955)	2 June 1927	18 September 1933	6 years, 108 days	Revival Party
						Independent
22		Mohammad-Ali Foroughi (1875–1942)	18 September 1933	3 December 1935	2 years, 76 days	Independent
23		Mahmoud Jam (1880–1969)	3 December 1935	26 October 1939	3 years, 327 days	Independent
24		Ahmad Matin-Daftari (1897–1971)	26 October 1939	26 June 1940	244 days	Independent
25		Ali Mansur (1886–1974)	26 June 1940	27 August 1941 (resigned)	1 year, 62 days	Independent
(22)		Mohammad-Ali Foroughi (1875–1942)	27 August 1941	9 March 1942	194 days	Independent	Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1941–1979)
26		Ali Soheili (1896–1958)	9 March 1942	9 August 1942	153 days	Independent
(19)		Ahmad Qavam (1873–1955)	9 August 1942	15 February 1943	190 days	Independent
(26)		Ali Soheili (1896–1958)	15 February 1943	6 April 1944	1 year, 51 days	Independent
27		Mohammad Sa'ed (1881–1973)	6 April 1944	25 November 1944	233 days	Independent
28		Morteza-Qoli Bayat (1890–1958)	25 November 1944	13 May 1945	169 days	Independent
29		Ebrahim Hakimi (1871–1959)	13 May 1945	6 June 1945	24 days	Independent
30		Mohsen Sadr (1871–1962)	6 June 1945	30 October 1945	146 days	Independent
(29)		Ebrahim Hakimi (1871–1959)	30 October 1945	28 January 1946	90 days	Independent
(19)		Ahmad Qavam (1873–1955)	28 January 1946	18 December 1947	1 year, 324 days	Independent
						Democrat Party of Iran (from 29 June 1946)
31		Mohammad-Reza Hekmat (1891–1978)	18 December 1947	29 December 1947	11 days	Democrat Party of Iran
(29)		Ebrahim Hakimi (1871–1959)	29 December 1947	13 June 1948	167 days	Independent
32		Abdolhossein Hazhir (1902–1949)	13 June 1948	9 November 1948	149 days	Independent
(27)		Mohammad Sa'ed (1881–1973)	9 November 1948	23 March 1950	1 year, 134 days	Independent
(25)		Ali Mansur (1886–1974)	23 March 1950	26 June 1950	95 days	Independent
33		Ali Razmara (1901–1951)	26 June 1950	7 March 1951 (assassinated)	254 days	Military
—		(1876–1953) Acting Prime Minister	7 March 1951	12 March 1951	5 days	Independent
34		Hossein Ala' (1882–1964)	12 March 1951	27 April 1951	46 days	Independent
35		Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882–1967)	28 April 1951	17 July 1952	1 year, 80 days	National Front
(19)		Ahmad Qavam (1873–1955)	17 July 1952	22 July 1952	5 days	Independent
(35)		Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882–1967)	22 July 1952	19 August 1953 (deposed)	1 year, 28 days	National Front
36		Fazlollah Zahedi (1897–1963)	19 August 1953	7 April 1955	1 year, 231 days	Military
(34)		Hossein Ala' (1882–1964)	7 April 1955	3 April 1957	1 year, 361 days	Independent
37		Manouchehr Eghbal (1909–1977)	3 April 1957	31 August 1960	3 years, 150 days	Nationalists' Party
38		Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910–1998)	31 August 1960	5 May 1961	247 days	Nationalists' Party
39		Ali Amini (1905–1992)	5 May 1961	19 July 1962	1 year, 75 days	Independent
40		Asadollah Alam (1919–1978)	19 July 1962	7 March 1964	1 year, 232 days	People's Party
41		Hassan-Ali Mansur (1923–1965)	7 March 1964	26 January 1965 (assassinated)	325 days	New Iran Party
42		Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919–1979)	26 January 1965	7 August 1977	12 years, 193 days	New Iran Party (until 1975)
						Rastakhiz Party
43		Jamshid Amouzegar (1923–2016)	7 August 1977	27 August 1978	1 year, 20 days	Rastakhiz Party
(38)		Jafar Sharif-Emami (1910–1998)	27 August 1978	6 November 1978	71 days	Rastakhiz Party (until 1 November)
						Independent
44		Gholam Reza Azhari (1912–2001)	6 November 1978	4 January 1979	59 days	Military
45		Shapour Bakhtiar (1914–1991)	4 January 1979	11 February 1979 (deposed)	38 days	Independent
• Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present) •
46		Mehdi Bazargan مهدی بازرگان (1907–1995)	4 February 1979	6 November 1979 (resigned)	275 days	Freedom Movement of Iran	Ruhollah Khomeini (1979–1989)
Council of the Islamic Revolution شورای انقلاب اسلامی (Leader: Abolhassan Banisadr)			6 November 1979	12 August 1980	280 days	–
47		Mohammad-Ali Rajai محمدعلی رجائی (1933–1981)	12 August 1980	4 August 1981	357 days	Islamic Republican Party
48		Mohammad-Javad Bahonar محمدجواد باهنر (1933–1981)	4 August 1981	30 August 1981 (assassinated)	26 days	Islamic Republican Party
—		Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani محمدرضا مهدوی کنی (1931–2014) Acting Prime Minister	2 September 1981	31 October 1981	59 days	Combatant Clergy Association
49		Mir-Hossein Mousavi میرحسین موسوی خامنه (born 1942)	31 October 1981	14 August 1989	7 years, 287 days	Islamic Republican Party (until 1987)
						Independent	Ali Khamenei (1989–present)
Post abolished (14 August 1989 – present)

See also[]

• Prime Minister of Iran
• List of grand viziers of Persia
• President of Iran
  • List of presidents 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.