President of Islamic republic of Iran

President of Iran
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Incumbent Hassan Rouhani since 4 August 2013
Style	Mr. President His Excellency
Member of	Cabinet Expediency Discernment Council Supreme National Security Council Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution
Residence	Sa'dabad Palace, Tehran
Appointer	Popularly elected
Term length	Four years renewable once
Precursor	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Inaugural holder	Abolhassan Banisadr
Formation	February 4, 1980
Salary	$22,624 annually
Website	Official website

The President of Iran (Persian: رییس‌جمهور ایران Rayis Jomhur Irān) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The President is the highest popularly elected official in Iran, although the President answers to the Supreme Leader of Iran, who functions as the country's head of state. Chapter IX of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran sets forth the qualifications for presidential candidates and procedures for election, as well as the President's powers and responsibilities as "functions of the executive". These include signing treaties and other agreements with foreign countries and international organizations; administering national planning, budget, and state employment affairs; and appointing ministers subject to the approval of Parliament. The current long-time Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who has been ruling for nearly three decades, has been issuing decrees and making the final decisions on economy, environment, foreign policy, national planning such as population growth, and everything else in Iran. Khamenei also makes the final decisions on the amount of transparency in elections in Iran, and has fired and reinstated Presidential cabinet appointments.

Unlike the executive in other countries, the President of Iran does not have full control over anything, including foreign policy, the armed forces, and nuclear policy, among others, as these are ultimately under the control of the Supreme Leader.

The President of Iran is elected for a four-year term by the direct vote of the people and may not serve for more than two consecutive terms or more than 8 years.

The current President of Iran is Hassan Rouhani, who assumed office on August 3, 2013, after the 2013 Iranian presidential election. He succeeded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who served 8 years in office from 2005 to 2013.