Government of Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1980–81)

Abolhassan Banisadr
President of Iran
In office 4 February 1980 – 21 June 1981
Prime Minister	Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Leader	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Personal details
Born	(1933-03-22) 22 March 1933 Hamedan,[1] Iran
Political party	Independent
Religion	Twelver Shia Islam

Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Prime Minister of Iran
In office 12 August 1980 – 4 August 1981
President	Abolhassan Banisadr
Leader	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Mehdi Bazargan
Succeeded by	Mohammad Javad Bahonar
Personal details
Born	(1933-06-15)15 June 1933 Qazvin, Iran
Died	30 August 1981(1981-08-30) (aged 48) Tehran, Iran
Political party	Islamic Republican Party
Spouse(s)	Ateghe Sediqi (1958-1981)
Religion	Twelver Shi'a Islam

Government of Mohammad-Ali Rajai was the first government of Iran after the Iranian Revolution. At that time, Abolhassan Banisadr was president and Mohammad-Ali Rajai was prime minister.

Bani Sadr's Presidency

He was elected to a four-year term as President on 25 January 1980, receiving 78.9 percent of the vote in a competitive election against Ahmad Madani, Hassan Habibi, Sadegh Tabatabaee, Dariush Forouhar, Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Kazem Sami, Mohammad Makri, Hassan Ghafourifard, and Hassan Ayat, and inaugurated on 4 February. Khomeini remained the Supreme Leader of Iran, with the constitutional authority to dismiss the President. The inaugural ceremonies were held at the hospital where Khomeini was recovering from a heart ailment.^[2]

Banisadr was not an Islamic cleric; Khomeini had insisted that clerics should not run for positions in the government. In August and September 1980, Banisadr survived two helicopter crashes near the Iranian border with Iraq.

Banisadr soon fell out with Khomeini, who reclaimed the power of Commander-in-Chief on 10 June 1981.

Rajai's Prime Ministership

After Iranian Revolution in 1979, He became Minister of Education in the Interim Government of Mehdi Bazargan. When Abolhassan Banisadr was elected as president, The parliament elected him as the new prime minister.He was prime minister of Islamic Republic of Iran from 1980 to 1981.He was also Minister of Foreign Affairs for five months, 11 March 1981 to 15 August 1981, while he was Prime Minister.

Members of the cabinet

During the nomination process, there were serious tensions between Rajai and Banisadr due to the latter's objections over the candidates.^[3]

List of members of Rajai's cabinet was as follows:

See also

• Cabinet of Iran

References

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