Mohammad Mokhber

Mohammad Mokhber
محمد مخبر
Mokhber in 2023
Acting President of Iran
Assumed office
19 May 2024
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byEbrahim Raisi
7th First Vice President of Iran
Assumed office
8 August 2021
PresidentEbrahim Raisi
himself (acting)
Preceded byEshaq Jahangiri
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Assumed office
20 September 2022
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanSadeq Larijani
Head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order
In office
15 July 2007 – 7 December 2021
Appointed byAli Khamenei
Preceded byMohammad Javad Iravani
Succeeded byAref Norouzi (acting)
Parviz Fattah
Personal details
Born (1955-09-01) 1 September 1955 (age 68)
Dezful, Khuzestan, Imperial State of Iran
Political partyIndependent
Signature
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/serviceRevolutionary Guards
Years of service1980-1988
UnitMedical Corps
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

Mohammad Mokhber[a][b] (born 1 September 1955)[1] is an Iranian politician who has been serving as the acting president of Iran since the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in the Varzaqan helicopter crash on 19 May 2024. Before he was elevated to the role of acting president, Mokhber held the position of First Vice President of Iran. He has also been a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, the head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order committee (EIKO), chairman of the Sina Bank board, and deputy governor of Khuzestan Province.

As the former first vice president, and with the approval of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Mokhber assumed "the powers and functions of the President" as the temporary acting President of Iran, upon the death of his predecessor, in accordance with the Constitution of Iran. A Temporary Presidential Council must then be formed (consisting of the Acting President, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Head of Judiciary), which council is to then organize a new election within 50 days.[2]


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  1. ^ Ebrahim Raisi death: Who is Mohammad Mokhber, the man appointed Iran's interim president? The Standard (UK). By Lydia Chantler-Hicks. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (full text)". shora-gc.ir. Guardian Council. 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024. In case of death, dismissal, resignation, absence, or illness lasting longer than two months of the President, or when his term in office has ended and a new president has not been elected due to some impediments, or similar other circumstances, his first deputy shall and will assume, only with the approval of the Leader, the powers and functions of the President. The Council, consisting of the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, head of the judicial power, and the first deputy of the President, was obliged to arrange for a new President to be elected within a maximum period of fifty days. In case of death of the first deputy to the President, or other matters which prevent him to perform his duties, or when the President does not have a first deputy, the Leader shall appoint another person in his place.

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