Ruler · 1902 – 1989

Ruhollah Khomeini

Lived 1902 – 1989; revolutionary, philosopher, politician, poet. President of Iran (Iran), 1979 – 1989.

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Lived: 1902 – 1989; 87 years
In office: 10 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Iran
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

President of Iran

Iran · the 1st of 12 dated reigns · 1979 – 2026

Ruhollah Khomeini1979 – 1989

Abolhassan Banisadr1980 – 1981

Mohammad-Ali Rajai1981

Ali Khamenei1981 – 1989

8 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 1979 – 1989 · 10 years · came to it aged 79

Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; myocardial infarction

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