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Encyclopedia > Mohammad Ali Rajai
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Mohammad Ali Rajai

Mohammad Ali Rajai (محمد علی رجائی in Persian) (1933August 30, 1981) was the second elected President of Iran, after serving as Prime Minister under Abolhassan Banisadr. He was also Minister of Foreign Affairs for five months March 11, 1981August 15, 1981, while he was Prime Minister. He was a strong supporter of Iranian revolution and was a leader in the movement to purge Iranian universities of American and European influences, which was later called the Cultural Revolution. After serving as President for only a few weeks, he was assassinated along with prime minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar and some other members of his government. Image File history File links Mohammad Ali Rajai File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Mohammad Ali Rajai File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Persian (فارسی = Fârsi . ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The President of Iran holds an important office in Irans political establishment. ... In the light of an amendment to Constitution of Iran in 1989, there is no longer a post titled Prime Minister of Iran, but Iran has had many prime ministers since the Qajar era, when the country was internationally known as Persia. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The first Minister of Foreign Affairs (or Foreign Minister) of Iran was Mirza Abdolvahhab Khan Motamed od-Dowleh Neshat who served between 1819 and 1824. ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Protestors take to the street in support of Ayatollah Khomeini. ... Mohammad Javad Bahonar (محمدجواد باهنر in Persian), (1933 - August 30, 1981), was the second prime minister of Iran following the 1979 revolution, and the secretary-general of the Islamic Republic Party. ...


He was the President of Iran for 14 days. Furthermore, he started the Iranian retirement program for individuals over the age 70. Rajai was born in Ghazvin. Qazvin may refer to: Qazvin (city) Qazvin province Note: Qazvin province was created in 1996; older references to Qazvin are invariably to the city. ...

Preceded by:
Abolhassan Banisadr
President of Iran
1981
Succeeded by:
Ali Khamenei

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Ali Khamenei - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (498 words)
Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: آیت‌الله سید علی حسینی خامنه‌ای; born July 15, 1939) is the Supreme Leader of Iran.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei studied Islamic philosophy and became a teacher of this subject.
In 1981, after the assasination of Mohammad Ali Rajai, Ayatollah Khamenei was elected President of Iran by a landslide vote in the Iranian presidential election, October 1981 and became the first cleric to serve in the office.
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