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Prime Minister of Iran

Iran · Government / Government of Iran. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

23Records
1919–1981Date range
20Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1919

Moshir Al-Doleh1919

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran

1923

Pahlavi28 October 1923

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Persia

1951

Mohammed Mussadeq27 April 1951

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran

Muhammad Mossadeq28 April 1951

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran after two weeks of rioting in Abadan

Mohammad MosaddeqApril 1951

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran

1952

Muhammad Mossadeq20 August 1952

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, after 4 days of revolt following his dismissal

1957

Manuchehr Ekbal3 April 1957

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran

1960

Jaafar Sharif-Emani31 August 1960

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, 1st term

1961

Ali Amini19 July 1961

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran

1962

Asadullah Alam19 July 1962

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran

1964

Hassan Ali Mansur7 March 1964

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran

1965

Amir Abbas Hoveida26 January 1965

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran

1977

Jamshid Amouzegar7 August 1977

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran

1978

Jaafar Sharif-Emani27 August 1978

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, 2nd term

Sharif EmamiOctober 1978

Government / Government of Iran

A military Government headed by General Gholam Reza Azhari replaced conciliatory Prime Minister Sharif Emami

Gholam Reza Azhari6 November 1978

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran

1979

Shapour Bakhtiar4 January 1979

Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Bakhtiar is appointed prime minister as the monarchy tries to survive the revolutionary crisis

Mehdi Bazargan5 February 1979

Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Bazargan is appointed prime minister of the provisional revolutionary government

1980

Mohammad Ali Rajai12 August 1980

Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran, during the Islamic Revolutionary Council

1981

Mohammad Javad Bahonar4 August 1981

Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Bahonar becomes prime minister and leads the government until his assassination later in August

Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani2 September 1981

Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Mahdavi-Kani serves as prime minister during the short interim government after the August bombing

Mir Hossein Mousavi31 October 1981

Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Appointed Prime Minister of Iran after Majles approval and Khomeini's backing

Mir Hossein Mousavi31 October 1981

Tehran · Government / Government of Iran

Mousavi becomes Prime Minister of Iran and begins a wartime premiership lasting until 1989

Names involved

Ali AminiAmir Abbas HoveidaAsadullah AlamGholam Reza AzhariHassan Ali MansurJaafar Sharif-EmaniJamshid AmouzegarManuchehr EkbalMehdi BazarganMir Hossein MousaviMohammad Ali RajaiMohammad Javad BahonarMohammad MosaddeqMohammad Reza Mahdavi-KaniMohammed MussadeqMoshir Al-DolehMuhammad MossadeqPahlaviShapour BakhtiarSharif Emami

Provenance

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