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 od-Dowleh 1908 1910 Mirza Abbaskhan Mohandes Bashi 1910 1913 Ebrahim-Khan Yomn os-saltaneh Monaghah 1914 1921 Kasbar Ipegian 1921 1923 Karim Buzarjomehri 1923 1934 Gholi Hooshmand 1934 1938 Ghasem Soor-Esrafil 1938 1940 Ali Asghar Foruzan 1940 1941 Mostafa Gholi Ram 1941 1941 Mohammad Sajjadi 1941 1942 Mehdi Emadolsaltaneh 1942 1943 Fazlollah Bahrami 1942 1943 Abbasgholi Golshaeeyan 1943 1944 Gholam-Hossein Ebtehaj 1944 1945 Mahmood Nariman 1945 1945 Mehdi Mashayekhi 1945 1947 Mohammad Khalatbari 1947 1947 Hesamedin Dolatabadi 1947 1949 Mohammad Mehran 1949 1950 Mehdi Namdar 1950 1951 Arsalan Khalatbari 1951 1951 Mohammad Mehran 1951 1952 Nosratollah Amini 1952 1953 Mohsen Nasr 1953 1953 Mohammad-Ali Saffari 1954 1954 Gholam-Hossein Ebtehaj 1954 1955 Nosratollah Montasser 1955 1956 Mahmoud Davaloo 1956 1957 Mousa Maham 1957 1959 Nasser Zolfaghari 1959 1960 Fathollah Forood 1960 1961 Mohsen Nasr 1961 1962 Ahmad Nafisi 1962 1963 Ali Akbar Tavana 1963 1963 Ziaeddin Shademan 1963 1965 Mohandes Taghi Sarlak 1965 1967 Mohammad-Ali Saffari 1967 1967 Manouchehr Pirooz 1967 1968
Mayors elected by City Association Portrait Name Term in office Affiliation Appointer 1 Javad Shahrestani 3 November 1968 1 October 1969 New Iran Party 1 2Gholamreza Nikpey1 October 196923 August 1977New Iran Party Resurgence Party 12345 Javad Shahrestani 23 August 1977 11 February 1979 Resurgence Party 6
Post-1979 Mayors appointed by Interior Minister Portrait Name Term in office Affiliation Appointer1Mohammad Tavasoli 26 February 1979 5 January 1981 Freedom Movement Mehdi BazarganReza Zavare'i5 January 1981 Islamic Coalition Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani2 Kamaleddin Nikravesh7 September 1981Islamic Coalition Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani3 Gholam-Hossein Deljou7 September 198114 October 1982Islamic Coalition Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani4 Mohammad-Kazem Sufyan 14 October 1982 24 August 1983Islamic Coalition Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri Hossein Bonakdar 24 August 1983 January 1984Islamic Coalition Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri5 Mohammad Nabi HabibiJanuary 1984December 1987Islamic CoalitionAli Akbar Nategh-Nouri Morteza TabatabaeiDecember 1987January 1990 Ali Akbar Mohtashamipour6Gholamhossein KarbaschiJanuary 1990April 1998Executives of Construction Abdollah Nouri
Mayors elected by City Council Portrait Name Term in office Affiliation Term1Morteza Alviri 1 June 1999 19 February 2002Executives of Construction1st Mohammad Haghani 19 February 2002 4 March 2002 2Mohammad-Hassan Malekmadani 4 March 2002() 20 January 2003Executives of Construction Mohammad-Hossein Moghimi 20 January 2003 3 May 2003 Executives of Construction 3 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 20 May 2003 28 June 2005 Alliance of Builders2nd Ali Saeedlou 28 June 2005 Alliance of Builders4Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf23 August 2017Progress and Justice Population3rd 4th Mostafa Salimi27 August 20175th5 Mohammad-Ali Najafi 27 August 2017 10 April 2018 Executives of Construction Samiollah Hosseini Makarem 10 April 2018 16 May 20186 Mohammad-Ali Afshani 16 May 2018 17 November 2018 National Trust Party Pirouz Hanachi 18 November 2018 28 November 2018Union of People Party7 28 November 2018 8 August 2021 Alireza Javid 8 August 2021 2 September 20216th8 Alireza Zakani 2 September 2021 Incumbent Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
See also
List of mayors of Shiraz List of mayors of Tabriz List of members of City Council of Tehran Timeline of Tehran
References