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Abolhassan Banisadr

1933 - 2021

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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. Following his impeachment, Banisadr fled Iran and found political asylum in France, where he co-founded the National Council of Resistance of Iran. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abolhassan Banisadr is the 3,399th most popular politician (down from 1,694th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Iran (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 65th most popular Iranian Politician.

Abolhassan Banisadr was the first president of Iran. He was overthrown in the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abolhassan Banisadr ranks 3,399 out of 19,576. Before him are Ahmose-Nefertari, Khaled Mashal, Deodoro da Fonseca, Natalya Naryshkina, Ahmad al-Mansur, and Sambhaji. After him are Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, Diaochan, Ragibagh Khan, Hormizd IV, Anita Garibaldi, and Sigebert II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Abolhassan Banisadr ranks 63. Before him are Ali Shariati, Stanley Milgram, Sylva Koscina, Richard Rogers, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, and Jerzy Kosiński. After him are Than Shwe, Ahmad al-Khatib, Philip Zimbardo, William Luther Pierce, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, and Mathieu Kérékou. Among people deceased in 2021, Abolhassan Banisadr ranks 54. Before him are Sonny Chiba, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Colin Powell, Richard Rogers, Chick Corea, and Bernard Haitink. After him are E. O. Wilson, Donald Rumsfeld, Wilbur Smith, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Sam Jones, and Betty White.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abolhassan Banisadr ranks 114 out of 631. Before him are Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Yazdegerd II (500), Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), Ali Shariati (1933), Qasem Soleimani (1957), and Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724). After him are Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), Ebrahim Raisi (1960), Bardiya (-580), Tahmasp II (1704), Muhammad I Tapar (1082), and Sibawayh (760).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Abolhassan Banisadr ranks 65. Before him are Qazi Muhammad (1893), Atossa (-550), Vologases I of Parthia (1), Orodes II (-70), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), and Yazdegerd II (500). After him are Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), Ebrahim Raisi (1960), Bardiya (-580), Tahmasp II (1704), Muhammad I Tapar (1082), and Abbas III (1732).

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