Secretary-General of the Rastakhiz Party

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This is a list of all leaders, secretary-generals and deputy secretary-generals of the Rastakhiz Party, the sole legal party in Iran from 1975 to 1978.

Leader

Even though the secretary-general was the official leader of the party, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the de facto leader of the party as he was the one who held power within the Rastakhiz Party.

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
(1919–1980)
2 March 1975 1 November 1978 3 years, 244 days

Secretary-General

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Amir-Abbas Hoveyda
(1919–1979)
2 March 1975 28 October 1976 1 year, 240 days
2 Jamshid Amouzegar
(1923–2016)
28 October 1976 7 August 1977 283 days
3 Mohammad Baheri
(1911–1995)
7 August 1977 20 January 1978 166 days
4 Jamshid Amouzegar
(1923–2016)
20 January 1978 27 August 1978 219 days
5 Javad Saeed
(1923/24–1979)[1]
27 August 1978 1 November 1978 66 days

Deputy Secretary-General

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Fereydoun Mahdavi
(1932–2006)
2 March 1975[2] 28 October 1976 1 year, 240 days
2 Mohammad Reza Ameli Tehrani
(1927–1979)
28 October 1976 7 August 1977 283 days
3 Dariush Homayoon
(1928–2011)
7 August 1977 20 January 1978 166 days
4 Javad Saeed
(1923/24–1979)[1]
20 January 1978[3] 1 November 1978 285 days

References

  1. Javad Sa'id, Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation, February 1980
  2. Milani, Abbas (2008). Eminent Persians: The Men and Women who Made Modern Iran, 1941–1979. Vol. 1. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. pp. 205–212. ISBN 978-0815609070.
  3. Elizabeth Collard (1979), "Iran", MEED, 23, Economic East Economic Digest Ltd: 17