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Mohammad-Ali Rajai

1933 - 1981

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Mohammad-Ali Rajai (Persian: محمدعلی رجایی; 15 June 1933 – 30 August 1981) was an Iranian politician who served as the second president of Iran from 2 August 1981 until his assassination four weeks later. Before his presidency, Rajai had served as prime minister under Abolhassan Banisadr, while concurrently occupying the position of foreign affairs minister from 11 March 1981 to 15 August 1981. He died in a bombing on 30 August 1981 along with then-prime minister Mohammad-Javad Bahonar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammad-Ali Rajai is the 3,654th most popular politician (down from 2,343rd in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Iran (down from 95th in 2019) and the 74th most popular Iranian Politician.

Mohammad-Ali Rajai was the second president of Iran. He was the prime minister from 1980 to 1981 and president from 1981 to 1989. He was assassinated in 1981.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammad-Ali Rajai ranks 3,654 out of 19,576. Before him are James Macpherson, Jahan Shah, Roman the Great, Christina of Lorraine, Midhat Pasha, and Francis Phoebus of Navarre. After him are Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria, Olaf III of Norway, Milonia Caesonia, Sanakht, Edith Frank, and Frederick I of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Mohammad-Ali Rajai ranks 68. Before him are Jerzy Kosiński, Abolhassan Banisadr, Than Shwe, Ahmad al-Khatib, Philip Zimbardo, and William Luther Pierce. After him are Mathieu Kérékou, Bobby Robson, David McCallum, Willie Nelson, Cormac McCarthy, and Godfried Danneels. Among people deceased in 1981, Mohammad-Ali Rajai ranks 35. Before him are Georges Brassens, William Saroyan, Miroslav Krleža, Duško Popov, Zarah Leander, and Omar Torrijos. After him are Abel Gance, Stefan Wyszyński, Mehmet Shehu, Will Durant, David Wechsler, and Benjamin Sheares.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohammad-Ali Rajai ranks 125 out of 631. Before him are Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Sibawayh (760), Abbas III (1732), Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226), Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815), and Jahan Shah (1397). After him are Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), Arsaces I of Parthia (-280), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Shahnaz Pahlavi (1940), Amytis of Media (-630), and Mohammad Shah Qajar (1808).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Mohammad-Ali Rajai ranks 74. Before him are Bardiya (-580), Tahmasp II (1704), Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Abbas III (1732), Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226), and Jahan Shah (1397). After him are Arsaces I of Parthia (-280), Amytis of Media (-630), Mohammad Shah Qajar (1808), Vologases IV (150), Phraates IV (-90), and Vologases VI (200).

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