Vice President of Iran

Vice President of Iran
Official seal
Incumbent Eshaq Jahangiri since 4 August 2013
Style	His Excellency
Member of	Cabinet Economy Council
Residence	Sa'dabad Palace
Appointer	The President
Term length	No term
Inaugural holder	Hassan Habibi September 1, 1989
Succession	First (in line of presidential succession)
Website	The Vice Presidency

The Vice President of Iran (Persian: معاون ریاست جمهوری اسلامی ایران‎‎) is defined by article 124 of the Iranian constitution, as anyone appointed by the President to lead an organization related to Presidential affairs. As of July 2009, there are 12 Vice Presidents in Iran. The First Vice President is the most important as he or she leads cabinet meetings in the absence of the president.

While the Constitution of Iran allows for vice presidents, their existence is not obligatory. The President may or may not choose vice presidents. The president may even not have a First Vice President.

First Vice President

The role of First Vice President was created in the revision of the Constitution of Iran in 1989. It took over some of the responsibilities of Prime Minister. According to Article 124, First Vice President will be chairing the board of ministers and coordinate the other vice presidencies, if let by the President. According to Article 131, First Vice President takes over as acting President in cases where the President in incapacitated, but only if permitted by the Supreme Leader. According to the same Article, First Vice President (or anyone serving as acting President) must make sure that a new president is elected in fifty days.

According to Article 132, during the time an Acting President is serving (usually a First Vice President), the Majlis cannot impeach ministers and it can't disapprove newly introduced ministers. Also, referendums and revisions to the Constitution are forbidden.

List

      Independent       Principlists       Reformist       Moderate

#	Name	Portrait	Born-Died	Took Office	Left Office	Political Party	President
1	Hassan Habibi		1937–2013	1 September 1989	11 September 2001	Executives of Construction Party	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Khatami
2	Mohammad-Reza Aref		1951–	11 September 2001	11 September 2005	Islamic Iran Participation Front	Mohammad Khatami
3	Parviz Davoodi		1952–	11 September 2005	17 July 2009	Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
4	Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei		1960–	17 July 2009	25 July 2009	Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
5	Mohammad Reza Rahimi		1949–	13 September 2009	3 August 2013	Isargaran Population	Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
6	Eshaq Jahangiri		1957–	4 August 2013	Incumbent	Executives of Construction Party	Hassan Rouhani

Current Vice Presidents

• First Vice President: Eshaq Jahangiri
• Vice President for Executive Affairs: Mohammad Shariatmadari
• Vice President and Head of Environmental Protection Organization: Masoumeh Ebtekar
• Vice President and Head of Atomic Energy Organization: Ali Akbar Salehi
• Vice President and Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization Chief: Masoud Soltanifar
• Vice President and Head of Management and Planning Organization: Mohammad Bagher Nobakht
• Vice President for International Affairs: Akbar Torkan
• Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs: Majead Ansari
• Vice President and Head of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Foundation: Mohammad-Ali Shahidi
• Vice President and Head of Center for Women and Family Participation Affairs: Shahindokht Molaverdi
• Vice President and Head of National Elites Foundation: Sorena Sattari
• Vice President for Legal Affairs: Elham Aminzadeh

Living former First Vice Presidents

Name	Picture	Term	Date of birth
Mohammad-Reza Aref	50px	2001–2005	(1951-12-19) 19 December 1951
Parviz Davoodi		2005–2009	(1952-02-05) 5 February 1952
Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei		2009	(1960-11-16) 16 November 1960
Mohammad Reza Rahimi		2009–2013	(1949-01-11) 11 January 1949

See also

• List of current Vice Presidents

External links

Order of precedence
Preceded by None	1st in line of succession	Succeeded by Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly