List of Iranian Presidents by longevity

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This is a list of Iranian Presidents by age. This table can be sorted to display Iranian Presidents by name, order of office, date of birth, age at inauguration, length of retirement, or lifespan.

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Two measures of longevity are given; this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each President. The first figure is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; in parentheses the same period given in years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the President lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his last birthday. Where the president in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to 19 May 2018.

Overview

The youngest person to become president was Ali Khamenei, at the age of 42 years, 177 days. The oldest person to become president was Hassan Rouhani, at the age of 64 years, 264 days.

Ali Khamenei Iranian Shiite faqih, Marja and official independent islamic leader

Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei is a marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran, in office since 1989. He was previously President of Iran from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei is the second-longest serving head of state in the Middle East, as well as the second-longest serving Iranian leader of the last century, after Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi.

Hassan Rouhani 7th President of Islamic Republic of Iran

Hassan Rouhani is an Iranian politician serving as the current and seventh President of Iran since 3 August 2013. He was also a lawyer, academic, former diplomat and Islamic cleric. He has been a member of Iran's Assembly of Experts since 1999, member of the Expediency Council since 1991, and a member of the Supreme National Security Council since 1989. Rouhani was deputy speaker of the fourth and fifth terms of the Parliament of Iran (Majlis) and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 1989 to 2005. In the latter capacity, he was the country's top negotiator with the EU three, UK, France, and Germany, on nuclear technology in Iran, and has also served as a Shi'ite ijtihadi cleric, and economic trade negotiator. He has expressed official support for upholding the rights of ethnic and religious minorities. In 2013, he appointed former industries minister Eshaq Jahangiri as his first vice-president.

The oldest living former president is Abulhassan Banisadr, born 22 March 1933 (aged (85 years, 58 days). The youngest living former president (excluding incumbent president) is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, born 28 October 1956 (aged 61 years, 203 days). The incumbent president is Hassan Rouhani, born 12 November 1948 (aged 69 years, 188 days).

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an Iranian politician and statesman who served as the sixth President of Iran from 2005 to 2013. He was also the main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, a coalition of conservative political groups in the country.

Iranian Presidents' ages

#
 President
 Date of birth
 Date of
inauguration		 Age at
inauguration
 End of
term		 Length of
retirement
 Date of death
 Lifespan
1Banisadr, Abulhassan Abulhassan Banisadr 22 March 19334 February 198046 years, 319 days21 June 198136 years, 332 days31,104 days (85 years, 58 days)
2Rajai, Mohammad-Ali Mohammad-Ali Rajai 15 June 19332 August 198148 years, 48 days30 August 1981 N/A30 August 198117,608 days (48 years, 76 days)
3Khamenei, Ali Ali Khamenei 19 July 193913 October 198142 years, 86 days3 August 198928 years, 289 days28,794 days (78 years, 304 days)
4Hashemi Rafsanjani, Akbar Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani 25 August 19343 August 198954 years, 343 days3 August 199719 years, 158 days 8 January 201730,087 days (82 years, 136 days)
5Khatami, Mohammad Mohammad Khatami 14 October 19433 August 199753 years, 308 days3 August 200512 years, 289 days27,261 days (74 years, 232 days)
6Ahmadinejad, Mahmoud Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 28 October 19563 August 200548 years, 279 days3 August 20134 years, 289 days22,483 days (61 years, 203 days)
7Rouhani, Hassan Hassan Rouhani 12 November 19483 August 201364 years, 264 days Incumbent Incumbent25,390 days (69 years, 188 days)
# President Date of birth Date of
inauguration		 Age at
inauguration		 End of
term		 Length of
retirement		 Date of death Lifespan

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