| Mayor of Tehran | |
|---|---|
| Residence | City Park, Tehran |
| Appointer | City Council |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Khalil Khan Saghafi |
| Formation | 1908 |
| Website | Official 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.
| Name | Image | Term start | Term end | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khalil-Khan Saghafi Alam-Oddowleh | 1908 | 1910 | ||
| Mirza Abbaskhan Mohandes Bashi | 1910 | 1913 | ||
| Ebrahim-Khan Yomn-Olsaltaneh Monaghah [1] |  | 1914 | 1921 | |
| Gaspar Ipgian | 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 [1] |  | 1941 | 1941 | |
| Mohammad Sajjadi [1] |  | 1941 | 1942 | |
| Mehdi Emadolsaltaneh [1] | 1942 | 1943 | ||
| Fazlollah Bahrami [1] | 1942 | 1943 | ||
| Abbasgholi Golshaeeyan [1] | 1943 | 1944 | ||
| Gholam-Hossein Ebtehaj [1] | 1944 | 1945 | ||
| Mahmood Nariman [1] | 1945 | 1945 | ||
| Mehdi Mashayekhi [1] | 1945 | 1947 | ||
| Mohammad Khalatbari [1] | 1947 | 1947 | ||
| Hesamedin Dolatabadi [1] | 1947 | 1949 | ||
| Mohammad Mehran [1] | 1949 | 1950 | ||
| Mehdi Namdar [1] | 1950 | 1951 | ||
| Arsalan Khalatbari [1] |  | 1951 | 1951 | |
| Mohammad Mehran [1] | 1951 | 1952 | ||
| Nosratollah Amini [1] | 1952 | 1953 | ||
| Mohsen Nasr [1] | 1953 | 1953 | ||
| Mohammad-Ali Saffari [1] | 1954 | 1954 | ||
| Gholam-Hossein Ebtehaj [1] | 1954 | 1955 | ||
| Nosratollah Montasser [1] |  | 1955 | 1956 | |
| Mahmoud Davaloo [1] | 1956 | 1957 | ||
| Mousa Maham [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 [1] | 1965 | 1967 | ||
| Mohammad-Ali Saffari [1] | 1967 | 1967 | ||
| Manouchehr Pirooz [1] | 1967 | 1968 |
| 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 | |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Affiliation [2] | Appointer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Mohammad Tavasoli | 26 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 Sufyan | 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 | |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term in office | Affiliation | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 | 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 | ||
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