Emperor (Shah)
1941-1979  		Mohammad Reza Pahlavi  (+1980) 
                                                     
Leader of the Revolution (Rahbar-e Enqelab)
1979-1980  		Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini  (+1989) 
                                                     
Leader of the Islamic Republic (Rahbar)
1981-1989  		Ayatollah Sayyed Ruhollah Khomeini  (+1989) 
1989-			Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammad Khamenei

President of the Republic    
1980-1981  		Abolhasan Bani-Sadr                                   

Interim Presidential Commission 
1981	  		Mohammad Ali Rajai 
              		Hodjatoleslam Ali Rafsanjani                     
                   	Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti  (+1981)
                    	Ayatollah Abdolkarim Ardabili
     
President of the Republic
1981  			Mohammad Ali Rajai (+1981)                     
  
Interim Presidential Commission 
1981  			Hodjatoleslam Ali Rafsanjani     
              		Ayatollah Abdolkarim Ardabili           
                    	Hodjatoleslam Mohammad Mahdavi-Kani                                           

Presidents of the Republic
1981-1989  		Hodjatoleslam Mohammad Khamenei
1989-1997  		Hodjatoleslam Ali Rafsanjani        
1997-2005      		Hodjatoleslam Sayyed Mohammad Khatami      
2005-			Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Mirza Ebrahim Hakimi       13 May 1945 -  6 Jun 1945 (+1959)  
Moshen Sadr                 6 Jun 1945 - 30 Oct 1945 (+1962)  (acting)
Mirza Ebrahim Hakimi       30 Oct 1945 - 28 Jan 1946 (+1959)   
Ahmed Qawan as-Sultaneh    28 Jan 1946 - 18 Dec 1947 (+1956) 
Sardar Fakher Hekmat       18 Dec 1947 - 29 Dec 1947 
Mirza Ebrahim Hakimi       29 Dec 1947 - 13 Jun 1948 (+1959)  
Abdol Hoseyn Hajir         13 Jun 1948 -  9 Nov 1948 (+1949)
Mohammad Said Maraghei      9 Nov 1948 - 23 Mar 1950 (+1973)
Hasan Ali Mansur           23 Mar 1950 - 26 Jun 1950 (+1965)
Mohammad Ali Razmara       26 Jun 1950 -  7 Mar 1951 (+)      military
Hoseyn Ala                 12 Mar 1951 - 30 Apr 1951 (+1964) 
Mohammad Mosadeq           30 Apr 1951 - 17 Jul 1952 (+1967)  
Ahmed Qawan as-Sultaneh    17 Jul 1952 - 22 Jul 1952 (+1956)
Mohammad Mosadeq           22 Jul 1952 - 19 Aug 1953 (+1967)  
Mohammad Fazlollah Zahedi  19 Aug 1953 -  7 Apr 1955 (+1963)  military
Hoseyn Ala                  7 Apr 1955 -  3 Apr 1957 (+1964)    
Manuchehr Ekbal             3 Apr 1957 - 31 Aug 1960 (+1977)
Jaafar Sharif-Emani        31 Aug 1960 -  5 May 1961 (+1998)  
Ali Amini                   5 May 1961 - 19 Jul 1962 (+1992)  
Asadullah Alam             19 Jul 1962 -  7 Mar 1964 (+1978)
Hasan Ali Mansur            7 Mar 1964 - 26 Jan 1965 (+)
Amir Abbas Hoveyda         26 Jan 1965 -  7 Aug 1977 (+1979)
Jamshid Amouzegar           7 Aug 1977 - 27 Aug 1978
Jaafar Sharif-Emani        27 Aug 1978 -  6 Nov 1978 (+1998)  
Gholamreza Azhari           6 Nov 1978 -  4 Jan 1979 (+2001)  military
Shahpur Bakhtiar            4 Jan 1979 -  5 Feb 1979 (+1991)
Mehdi Bazargan              5 Feb 1979 -  6 Nov 1979 (+1995)  
Mohammad Ali Rajai         12 Aug 1980 -  4 Aug 1981 (+1981)
Mohammad Javad Bahonar      4 Aug 1981 - 30 Aug 1981 (+)
Mohammad Reza Mahdavi-Kani  2 Sep 1981 - 29 Oct 1981 
Mir Hoseyn Mousavi         29 Oct 1981  - 3 Aug 1989

Hodjatoleslam Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani  1980-1989 
Hodjatoleslam Mehdi Karroubi                1989-1992 
Hodjatoleslam Ali Akbar Nateq-Nouri         1992-2000 
Hodjatoleslam Mehdi Karroubi                2000-2004
Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel        		    2004-