List of mayors of Tehran
Appearance
Mayor of Tehran | |
---|---|
since 2 September 2021 | |
Residence | City Park, Tehran |
Appointer | City Council |
Term length | Four years |
Inaugural holder | Khalil Khan Saghafi |
Formation | 1908 |
Website | Official website |
The Mayor of Tehran is an elected politician who, along with the City Council of 21 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Tehran. Since 2 September 2021, Alireza Zakani is the mayor of Tehran. Previously, the position was held by Pirouz Hanachi, who held office for three years.
List
[edit]Pre-1979
[edit]Mayors appointed by Interior Minister
[edit]Name | Image | Term start | Term end | Political Party |
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Khalil-Khan Saghafi Alam-Oddowleh | 1908 | 1910 | ||
Mirza Abbaskhan Mohandes Bashi | 1910 | 1913 | ||
Ebrahim-Khan Yomn-Olsaltaneh Monaghah [1] | ![]() |
1914 | 1921 | |
Gaspar Ipgian | 1921 | 1923 | ||
Karim Buzarjomehri | ![]() |
1923[1] | 1934 | |
Gholi Hooshmand [1] | 1934 | 1938 | ||
Ghasem Soor-Esrafil [1] | ![]() |
1938 | 1940 | |
Ali Asghar Foruzan [1] | 1940 | 1941 | ||
Mostafa Gholi Ram [1] | ![]() |
1941 | 1941 | |
Mohammad Sajjadi [1] | ![]() |
1941 | 1942 | |
Mehdi Emadolsaltaneh [1] | 1942 | 1943 | ||
Fazlollah Bahrami [1] | 1942 | 1943 | ||
Abbasgholi Golshaeeyan[1] | 1943 | 1944 | ||
Gholam-Hossein Ebtehaj [1] | 1944 | 1945 | ||
Mahmood Nariman [1] | 1945 | 1945 | ||
Mehdi Mashayekhi [1] | 1945 | 1947 | ||
Mohammad Khalatbari [1] | 1947 | 1947 | ||
Hesamedin Dolatabadi [1] | 1947 | 1949 | ||
Mohammad Mehran[1] | 1949 | 1950 | ||
Mehdi Namdar [1] | 1950 | 1951 | ||
Arsalan Khalatbari[1] | ![]() |
1951 | 1951 | |
Mohammad Mehran [1] | 1951 | 1952 | ||
Nosratollah Amini[1] | 1952 | 1953 | ||
Mohsen Nasr [1] | 1953 | 1953 | ||
Mohammad-Ali Saffari[1] | 1954 | 1954 | ||
Gholam-Hossein Ebtehaj [1] | 1954 | 1955 | ||
Nosratollah Montasser [1] | ![]() |
1955 | 1956 | |
Mahmoud Davaloo [1] | 1956 | 1957 | ||
Mousa Maham [1] | 1957 | 1959 | ||
Nasser Zolfaghari[1] | 1959 | 1960 | ||
Fathollah Forood [1] | 1960 | 1961 | ||
Mohsen Nasr [1] | 1961 | 1962 | ||
Ahmad Nafisi[1] | 1962 | 1963 | ||
Ali Akbar Tavana [1] | 1963 | 1963 | ||
Ziaeddin Shademan[1] | ![]() |
1963 | 1965 | |
Mohandes Taghi Sarlak [1] | 1965 | 1967 | ||
Mohammad-Ali Saffari [1] | 1967 | 1967 | ||
Manouchehr Pirooz [1] | 1967 | 1968 |
Mayors elected by City Association
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Affiliation[2] | Appointer | ||
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1 | ![]() |
Javad Shahrestani | 3 November 1968 | 1 October 1969 | New Iran Party | 1 | |
2 | ![]() |
Gholamreza Nikpey | 1 October 1969 | 23 August 1977 | New Iran Party (1969–1975)Resurgence Party (1975–1978) | 1 2 3 4 5 | |
(1) | ![]() |
Javad Shahrestani | 23 August 1977 | 11 February 1979 | Resurgence Party | 6 |
Post-1979
[edit]Mayors appointed by Interior Minister
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Affiliation[2] | Appointer | ||
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1 | ![]() |
Mohammad Tavasoli | 26 February 1979 | 5 January 1981 | Freedom Movement | Mehdi Bazargan | |
Acting | Reza Zavare'i | 5 January 1981 | 14 January 1981 | Islamic Coalition | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani | ||
2 | ![]() |
Kamaleddin Nikravesh | 14 January 1981[3] | 7 September 1981 | Islamic Coalition | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani[3] | |
3 | ![]() |
Gholam-Hossein Deljou | 7 September 1981 | 14 October 1982 | Islamic Coalition | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani | |
4 | ![]() |
Mohammad-Kazem Sufyan | 14 October 1982[4] | 24 August 1983 | Islamic Coalition | Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri[4] | |
Acting | ![]() |
Hossein Bonakdar | 24 August 1983[5] | January 1984 | Islamic Coalition | Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri[5] | |
5 | ![]() |
Mohammad Nabi Habibi | January 1984[6] | December 1987 | Islamic Coalition | Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri[6] | |
Acting | ![]() |
Morteza Tabatabaei | December 1987[7] | January 1990 | — | Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour[7] | |
6 | ![]() |
Gholamhossein Karbaschi | January 1990 | April 1998 | Executives of Construction (since 1996) | Abdollah Nouri |
Mayors elected by City Council
[edit]No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Affiliation | Term | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Morteza Alviri | 1 June 1999[8] | 19 February 2002 (Resigned 13 February)[9] |
Executives of Construction | 1st | ||
Acting | ![]() |
Mohammad Haghani | 19 February 2002[10] | 4 March 2002 | — | ||
2 | ![]() |
Mohammad-Hassan Malekmadani | 4 March 2002[11] (Designated 25 February)[10] |
20 January 2003 | Executives of Construction | ||
Acting | ![]() |
Mohammad-Hossein Moghimi | 20 January 2003[12] | 3 May 2003 | Executives of Construction | — | |
3 | ![]() |
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad | 20 May 2003[13] (Designated 3 May)[14] |
28 June 2005[15] | Alliance of Builders | 2nd | |
Acting | Ali Saeedlou | 28 June 2005[15] (Designated 26 June)[16] |
4 September 2005 | Alliance of Builders | |||
4 | ![]() |
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf | 14 September 2005[17] (Designated 4 September)[18] |
23 August 2017 | — | ||
Progress and Justice Population | 3rd | ||||||
4th | |||||||
Acting | ![]() |
Mostafa Salimi | 27 August 2017[19] | — | 5th | ||
5 | ![]() |
Mohammad-Ali Najafi | 27 August 2017[20] (Designated 10 August)[21] |
10 April 2018 (Resigned 14 March) |
Executives of Construction | ||
Acting | ![]() |
Samiollah Hosseini Makarem | 10 April 2018 | 16 May 2018 | — | ||
6 | ![]() |
Mohammad-Ali Afshani | 16 May 2018 (Designated 13 May)[22] |
17 November 2018 | National Trust Party | ||
Acting | ![]() |
Pirouz Hanachi | 18 November 2018 (Designated 13 November) |
28 November 2018 | Union of People Party | ||
7 | 28 November 2018 | 8 August 2021 | |||||
Acting | ![]() |
Alireza Javid | 8 August 2021 | 2 September 2021 | — | 6th | |
8 | ![]() |
Alireza Zakani | 2 September 2021 (Designated 8 August) |
Incumbent | Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution |
See also
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References
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Kamaleddin Nikravesh was on 14 January appointed mayor of Tehran.
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16 Oct 82 — Interior Minister Nateq-Nuri appointed Mohammad Kazem Sayfiyan as the temporary mayor of Tehran Thursday following the resignation of Gholamhussein Delju.
- ^ a b "News", MEED, 27, Economic East Economic Digest Ltd: 22, 1983,
The controversy over the shortages is also thought to be behind the 24 August resignation of Tehran mayor Kazem Seyfian. The Interior Ministry said Hossain Bonakdar had been appointed supervisor of Tehran municipality pending the appointment of a new mayor.
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The interior ministry deputy for Tehran's municipal affairs, Murtuza Tabatabai has been appointed new mayor of Tehran. The erstwhile mayor Muhammad Nabi Habibi was attached as an adviser to the minister of interior, All Akbar Mohtashemi.
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