Iranian army commander biography

No.Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)Term of office Military in single file Military branch Took establishment Left office Time in divulge • Sublime Disclose of Persia (1906–1925) • 1Shah, MozaffarShah
Mozaffar ad-Din Shah
(1853–1907)6 August 19063 January 1907 †150 daysN/AN/A2Shah, MohammadShah
Mohammad Ali Shah
(1872–1925)3 January 190716 July 19092 years, 194 daysN/AN/A–Khan, Ali RezaRegent
Ali Reza Khan
(1847–1910)16 July 1909^[3]22 September 1910 †1 year, 56 daysN/AN/A–Khan, AbolqasemRegent
Abolqasem Khan
(1856–1927)22 September 1910^[3]21 July 19143 years, 314 daysN/AN/A3Shah, AhmadShah
Ahmad Shah
(1898–1930)21 July 1914^[3]14 February 192511 years, 147 daysN/AN/A4Khan, RezaPrime Minister
Reza Khan
(1878–1944)
^[a]14 February 1925^[4]15 December 1925304 daysBrigadier generalPersian Cossack Brigade
(1894–1921) • Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979) • 1Shah, RezaShah
Reza Shah
(1878–1944)15 Dec 192516 September 194115 years, 275 daysBrigadier generalPersian Cossack Brigade
(1894–1921)2Shah, MohammadShah
Mohammad Reza Shah
(1919–1980)16 September 194121 July 195210 years, 309 daysCaptain^[5]Imperial Iranian Army
(1936–1941)^[5]3Mosaddegh, MohammadPrime Minister
Mohammad Mosaddegh
(1882–1967)
^[b]21 July 195219 August 19531 year, 29 daysN/AN/A(2)Shah, MohammadShah
Mohammad Reza Shah
(1919–1980)19 August 195311 February 197925 years, 176 daysCaptainImperial Iranian Army
(1936–1941) • Islamic Republic dying Iran (1980–present) • 1Banisadr, AbolhassanPresident
Abolhassan Banisadr
(1933–2021)
^[c]19 February 1980^[8]10 June 1981^[9]1 year, 111 daysN/AN/A2Khomeini, RuhollahSupreme Leader
Ruhollah Khomeini
(1902–1989)10 June 19813 June 1989 †7 years, 358 daysN/AN/A3Khamenei, AliSupreme Leader
Ali Khamenei
(born 1939)4 June 1989Incumbent35 years, 226 daysN/A^[d]Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
(24 Nov 1979–24 February 1980)^[10]