Ruler · 1934 – 2017

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Lived 1934 – 2017; politician, writer. President of Iran (Iran), 1989 – 1997.

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Lived: 1934 – 2017; 83 years
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Iran
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of Iran

Iran · the 5th of 12 dated reigns · 1979 – 2026

1 before

Abolhassan Banisadr1980 – 1981

Mohammad-Ali Rajai1981

Ali Khamenei1981 – 1989

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani1989 – 1997

Mohammad Khatami1997 – 2005

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad2005 – 2013

Hassan Rouhani2013 – 2021

4 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1989 – 1997 · 8 years · came to it aged 55

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1997; they died in 2017

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