Ruler · 1943 – present

Mohammad Khatami

Born 1943, living; politician, writer, military personnel. President of Iran (Iran), 1997 – 2005.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: since 1943; living
In office: 8 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Iran
Left it: ending not on record; nothing on record

President of Iran

Iran · the 6th of 12 dated reigns · 1979 – 2026

2 before

Mohammad-Ali Rajai1981

Ali Khamenei1981 – 1989

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani1989 – 1997

Mohammad Khatami1997 – 2005

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad2005 – 2013

Hassan Rouhani2013 – 2021

Ebrahim Raisi2021 – 2024

3 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 1997 – 2005 · 8 years · came to it aged 54

Left it: ending not on recordnothing on record: no death date to read the end against

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