Mir Hossein Mousavi
| Mir-Hossein Mousavi | |
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| Prime Minister of Iran | |
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In office 31 October 1981 – 14 August 1989 |
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| President | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 15 August 1981 – 15 December 1981 |
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| Prime Minister |
Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani (Acting) |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Ali Rajai (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Ali Akbar Velayati |
| Senior Advisor to the President of Iran | |
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In office 12 October 1997 – 3 August 2005 |
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| President | Mohammad Khatami |
| Succeeded by | Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh 2 March 1942 Khameneh, Iran |
| Political party | The Green Path of Hope (2009–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987) Movement of Militant Muslims (1977–1979) |
| Spouse(s) | Zahra Rahnavard (m. 1969) |
| Children | Kokab Narges Zahra |
| Residence | Tehran, Iran |
| Alma mater | National University of Tehran |
| Occupation | Architect, educator |
| Religion | Islam |
| Awards |
 Excellent Order of Independence
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| Signature |  |
| Website | kaleme.org |
Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh (Persian: میرحسین موسوی خامنه, translit. Mīr-Hoseyn Mūsavī Khāmené, pronounced [miːɾ hoˈsɛjn ɛ muːsæˈviː jɛ xɑːmeˈne]; born 2 March 1942) is an Iranian reformist politician, artist and architect who served as the seventy-ninth and last Prime Minister of Iran from 1981 to 1989. He was a reformist candidate for the 2009 presidential election and eventually the leader of the opposition in the post-election unrest. Mousavi served as the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts until 2009, when Conservative authorities removed him.
In the early years of the revolution, Mousavi was the editor-in-chief of Jomhouri-e Eslami, the official newspaper of the Islamic Republican Party, before being elevated to Minister of Foreign Affairs and eventually the post of Prime Minister. He was the last Prime Minister in Iran prior to the 1989 constitutional changes which removed the post of prime minister; he then went into semi-retirement for the next 20 years. He remains a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and the High Council of Cultural Revolution. However, he has not participated in their meetings for years, which is interpreted by political analysts and commentators as a sign of his disapproval.
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