Abolhassan Banisadr

Seyyed Abolhassan Banisadr
سید ابوالحسن بنی‌صدر
Banisadr in 1980
1st President of Iran
In office 4 February 1980 – 22 June 1981
Supreme Leader	Ruhollah Khomeini
Prime Minister	Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Head of Council of the Islamic Revolution
In office 7 February 1980[1] – 20 July 1980
Preceded by	Mohammad Beheshti[1]
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Minister of Foreign Affairs Acting
In office 12 November 1979 – 29 November 1979
Appointed by	Council of the Revolution
Preceded by	Ebrahim Yazdi
Succeeded by	Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Minister of Finance
In office 17 November 1979 – 10 February 1980
Appointed by	Council of the Revolution
Preceded by	Ali Ardalan
Succeeded by	Hossein Namazi
Member of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution
In office 15 August 1979 – 15 November 1979
Constituency	Tehran Province
Majority	1,752,816 (69.4%)
Personal details
Born	(1933-03-22)22 March 1933 Hamadan, Imperial State of Persia
Died	9 October 2021(2021-10-09) (aged 88) Paris, France
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	National Front (1960s)[2] Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President (1980–1981) National Council of Resistance of Iran (1981–1983)
Spouse	Ozra Hosseini ​ (m. 1961)​
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Tehran Sorbonne University
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Seyyed Abolhassan Banisadr (Persian: سید ابوالحسن بنی‌صدر; 22 March 1933 – 9 October 2021) was an Iranian politician, writer, and political dissident. He was the first president of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution abolished the monarchy, serving from February 1980 until his impeachment by parliament in June 1981. Prior to his presidency, he was the minister of foreign affairs in the interim government. He had resided for many years in France where he co-founded the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

Following his impeachment, Banisadr fled Iran and found political asylum in France. Banisadr later focused on political writings about his activities during the Iranian revolution and his critiques of the Iranian government. He became a critic of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and the country's handling of its 2009 elections.