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Government of Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1980–81)

Abolhassan Banisadr
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President of Iran
In office
4 February 1980 – 21 June 1981
Prime Minister Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Leader Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by Office established
Succeeded by Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Personal details
Born (1933-03-22) 22 March 1933 (age 84)
Hamedan,Iran
Political party Independent
Religion Twelver Shia Islam
Mohammad-Ali Rajai
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Prime Minister of Iran
In office
12 August 1980 – 4 August 1981
President Abolhassan Banisadr
Leader Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by Mehdi Bazargan
Succeeded by Mohammad Javad Bahonar
Personal details
Born (1933-06-15)15 June 1933
Qazvin, Iran
Died 30 August 1981(1981-08-30) (aged 48)
Tehran, Iran
Political party Islamic Republican Party
Spouse(s) Ateghe Sediqi (1958-1981)
Religion Twelver Shi'a Islam

Government of Mohammad-Ali Rajai was the first government of Iran after the Iranian Revolution. At that time, Abolhassan Banisadr was president and Mohammad-Ali Rajai was prime minister.

He was elected to a four-year term as President on 25 January 1980, receiving 78.9 percent of the vote in a competitive election against Ahmad Madani, Hassan Habibi, Sadegh Tabatabaee, Dariush Forouhar, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Kazem Sami, Mohammad Makri, Hassan Ghafourifard, and Hassan Ayat, and inaugurated on 4 February. Khomeini remained the Supreme Leader of Iran, with the constitutional authority to dismiss the President. The inaugural ceremonies were held at the hospital where Khomeini was recovering from a heart ailment.

Banisadr was not an Islamic cleric; Khomeini had insisted that clerics should not run for positions in the government. In August and September 1980, Banisadr survived two helicopter crashes near the Iranian border with Iraq.

Banisadr soon fell out with Khomeini, who reclaimed the power of Commander-in-Chief on 10 June 1981.

After Iranian Revolution in 1979, He became Minister of Education in the Interim Government of Mehdi Bazargan. When Abolhassan Banisadr was elected as president, The parliament elected him as the new prime minister.He was prime minister of Islamic Republic of Iran from 1980 to 1981.He was also Minister of Foreign Affairs for five months, 11 March 1981 to 15 August 1981, while he was Prime Minister.


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