Banisadr
| Abolhassan Banisadr | |
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Banisadr portrait in 1980
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| 1st President of Iran | |
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In office 5 February 1980 – 20 June 1981 |
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| Supreme Leader | Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad-Ali Rajai |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad-Ali Rajai |
| Head of Council of the Islamic Revolution | |
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In office February 1980 – 20 July 1980 |
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| Preceded by | Mohammad Beheshti |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 12 November 1979 – 29 November 1979 |
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| Appointed by | Council of the Revolution |
| Preceded by | Ebrahim Yazdi |
| Succeeded by | Sadegh Ghotbzadeh |
| Minister of Finance | |
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In office 12 November 1979 – 11 March 1980 |
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| Appointed by | Council of the Revolution |
| Preceded by | Ali Ardalan |
| Succeeded by | Hossein Namazi |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution | |
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In office 15 August 1979 – 15 November 1979 |
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| Constituency | Tehran Province |
| Majority | 1,752,816 (69.4%) |
| Personal details | |
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22 March 1933 Hamadan, Iran |
| Political party | Independent |
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| Spouse(s) | Ozra Hosseini (m. 1961) |
| Children | 3 |
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Seyyed Abolhassan Banisadr (
pronunciation ;Persian: سید ابوالحسن بنیصدر; born 22 March 1933) is an Iranian politician and economist. He was the first President of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution abolished the monarchy, serving from 4 February 1980 until he was impeached by parliament on 20 June 1981. Prior to his presidency, he was the minister of foreign affairs in the interim government. He has resided for many years in France. At age 84, Banisadr is currently the oldest living former Iranian President.
Banisadr was born on 22 March 1933 in Hamedan. His father was an ayatollah and close to Ruhollah Khomeini. He studied finance and economics at the Sorbonne. In 1972, Banisadr's father died and he attended the funeral in Iraq where he first met Ayatollah Khomeini.
Banisadr had participated in the anti-Shah student movement during the early 1960s and was imprisoned twice, and was wounded during an uprising in 1963. He then fled to France. He later joined the Iranian resistance group led by Khomeini, becoming one of his hard-liner advisors. Banisadr returned to Iran together with Khomeini as the revolution was beginning in February 1979. He wrote a book on Islamic finance, Eghtesad Tohidi, an Arabic phrase that roughly translates as "The Economics of Monotheism."
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