In the political history of Iran, Mohammad-Ali Rajai is one of the names the record keeps returning to.
The record lists Mohammad-Ali Rajai as Iranian Prime Minister and President of Iran (1933-1981).
Mohammad-Ali Rajai was born at Qazvin in 1933. His recorded nationality is Iran. He was educated at Kharazmi University.
Twentieth-century politics was conducted under the shadow of two world wars, decolonisation and the Cold War, and broadcast to electorates that could watch it happen.
He served as Prime Minister of Iran (1980–1981), Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran (1981–1981) and Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (1980–1981).
His political affiliation is recorded as Islamic Republican Party.
What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.
That the career was made in Iran is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Mohammad-Ali Rajai died in 1981, aged 48. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Prime Minister of Iran (1980–1981)
- Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran (1981–1981)
- Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (1980–1981)
- President of Iran (1981–1981)
- Educated at Kharazmi University
