Mayor of Tehran
Incumbent
Alireza Zakani
since 2 September 2021
ResidenceCity Park, Tehran
AppointerCity Council
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderKhalil Khan Saghafi
Formation1908
WebsiteOfficial 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

Pre-1979

Mayors appointed by Interior Minister

# Name Image Term start Term end Political Party
Khalil-Khan Saghafi Alam-Oddowleh [fa] 1908 1910
Mirza Abbaskhan Mohandes Bashi 1910 1913
Ebrahim-Khan Yomn-Olsaltaneh Monaghah [1] 1914 1921
Gaspar Ipgian [fa] 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 [fa] [1] 1941 1941
Mohammad Sajjadi [fa] [1] 1941 1942
Mehdi Emadolsaltaneh [1] 1942 1943
Fazlollah Bahrami [1] 1942 1943
Abbasgholi Golshaeeyan [fa] [1] 1943 1944
Gholam-Hossein Ebtehaj [1] 1944 1945
Mahmood Nariman [fa] [1] 1945 1945
Mehdi Mashayekhi [1] 1945 1947
Mohammad Khalatbari [1] 1947 1947
Hesamedin Dolatabadi [fa] [1] 1947 1949
Mohammad Mehran [fa] [1] 1949 1950
Mehdi Namdar [1] 1950 1951
Arsalan Khalatbari[1] 1951 1951
Mohammad Mehran [fa] [1] 1951 1952
Nosratollah Amini[1] 1952 1953
Mohsen Nasr [1] 1953 1953
Mohammad-Ali Saffari [fa] [1] 1954 1954
Gholam-Hossein Ebtehaj [fa] [1] 1954 1955
Nosratollah Montasser [fa] [1]
1955 1956
Mahmoud Davaloo [1] 1956 1957
Mousa Maham [fa] [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 [fa] [1] 1965 1967
Mohammad-Ali Saffari [fa] [1] 1967 1967
Manouchehr Pirooz [fa] [1] 1967 1968

Mayors elected by City Association

No. Portrait Name Term in office Affiliation[2] Appointer
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

Mayors appointed by Interior Minister

No. Portrait Name Term in office Affiliation[2] Appointer
1 Mohammad Tavasoli 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 Seyfian 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

No. Portrait Name Term in office Affiliation Term
1
Morteza Alviri - An interview with ISNA - February 7, 2002.png
 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, August 2017 01.jpg 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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  3. ^ a b "News", MEED, Economic East Economic Digest Ltd, 25 (1–13): 18, 23 January 1981, Kamaleddin Nikravesh was on 14 January appointed mayor of Tehran.
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  5. ^ a b "News", MEED, Economic East Economic Digest Ltd, 27: 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.
  6. ^ a b "Interior Minister Introduces Tehran's New Mayor", Daily Report: South Asia, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Joint Publications Research Service, 84 (1–21): 14, 1984, Interior Minister Hojjat olEslam Nateq-Nuri introduced Tehran's new mayor Mohammad Nabi Habibi to a...
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