The mayor of Tehran is an elected politician who, along with the City Council of 21 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Tehran. Since 2 September 2021, Alireza Zakani is the mayor of Tehran. Previously, the position was held by Pirouz Hanachi, who held office for three years.
List
Pre-1979
Mayors appointed by Interior Minister
{|class="wikitable"
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! Name
! Image
! Term start
! Term end
! Political Party
|--
| Khalil-Khan Saghafi Alam od-Dowleh
|
| 1908
| 1910
|
|--
| Mirza Abbaskhan Mohandes Bashi
|
| 1910
| 1913
|
|--
| Ebrahim-Khan Yomn os-saltaneh Monaghah
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| 1945
| 1945
|
|--
| Mehdi Mashayekhi
! Appointer
|-
!style="background:#FF3333" |
| 1
| 100px
| Javad Shahrestani
| 3 November 1968
| 1 October 1969
| New Iran Party
| 1
|-
! style="background:#FF3333" |
| 2
|100px
|Gholamreza Nikpey
|1 October 1969
|23 August 1977
|New Iran Party Resurgence Party
|1<br />2<br />3<br />4<br />5
|-
!style="background:#FF3333" |
|
| 100px
| Javad Shahrestani
| 23 August 1977
| 11 February 1979
| Resurgence Party
| 6
|}
Post-1979
Mayors appointed by Interior Minister
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="2" |
! Portrait
! Name
! colspan="2"| Term in office
! Affiliation
|-
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!3
| 100px
||Gholam-Hossein Deljou
||7 September 1981||14 October 1982||Islamic Coalition|| Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
|-
!style="background:#4169E1" |
!4
| 100px
| Mohammad-Kazem Sufyan
|| 14 October 1982
|-
!style="background:#4169E1" |
|
| 100px
|Hossein Bonakdar
|| 24 August 1983
|-
!style="background:#4169E1" |
!5
| 100px||Mohammad Nabi Habibi
||January 1984
|-
!style="background:#28c0a6" |
|
| 100px
|Morteza Tabatabaei
||December 1987
|-
! style="background:#28c0a6" |
!6
|100px
|Gholamhossein Karbaschi
|January 1990
|April 1998
|Executives of Construction
|Abdollah Nouri
|}
Mayors elected by City Council
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! colspan="2" |
! Portrait
! Name
! colspan="2"| Term in office
! Affiliation
! Term
|-
! style="background:#28c0a6" |
!1
|
|Morteza Alviri
| 1 June 1999
| 19 February 2002<br />
|Executives of Construction
|rowspan=3|1st
|-
| style="background:#28c0a6;" |
|
|100px
|Mohammad Haghani
| 19 February 2002
| 4 March 2002
|
|-
! style="background:#28c0a6" |
!2
|100px
|Mohammad-Hassan Malekmadani
| 4 March 2002<br />()
| 3 May 2003
| Executives of Construction
|
|-
!style="background:#4169E1" |
!3
| 100px
| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
| 20 May 2003<br />
| 28 June 2005
| Alliance of Builders
|rowspan=3|2nd
|-
|style="background:#4169E1;"|
|
| 100px
| Ali Saeedlou
| 28 June 2005
|
| Alliance of Builders
|-
!rowspan=3 style="background:#4169E1" |
!rowspan=3|4
|rowspan=3|100px|Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, August 2017 01.jpg
|rowspan=3|Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
|rowspan=3|<br />
|rowspan=3|23 August 2017
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|-
|rowspan=2|Progress and Justice Population
|3rd
|-
|4th
|-
|style="background:#ffffff;"|
|
| 100px
| Mostafa Salimi
|colspan=2|27 August 2017
|
|rowspan=6|5th
|-
|style="background:#28c0a6;"|
!5
| 100px
| Mohammad-Ali Najafi
| 27 August 2017<br />
| 10 April 2018<br />
| Executives of Construction
|-
|style="background:#ffffff;"|
|
| 100px
| Samiollah Hosseini Makarem
| 10 April 2018
| 16 May 2018
|
|-
|style="background:#28c0a6;"|
!6
| 100px
| Mohammad-Ali Afshani
| 16 May 2018<br />
| 17 November 2018
| National Trust Party
|-
|rowspan=2 style="background:#28c0a6;"|
|
|rowspan=2|100px
|rowspan=2|Pirouz Hanachi
| 18 November 2018<br />
| 28 November 2018
|rowspan=2|Union of People Party
|-
!7
| 28 November 2018
| 8 August 2021
|-
|style="background:#ffffff;"|
|
| 100px
| Alireza Javid
| 8 August 2021
| 2 September 2021
|
|rowspan=2|6th
|-
|style="background:#4169E1" |
!8
| 100px
| Alireza Zakani
| 2 September 2021<br />
| Incumbent
| Society of Pathseekers of the Islamic Revolution
|}
See also
- List of mayors of Shiraz
- List of mayors of Tabriz
- List of members of City Council of Tehran
- Timeline of Tehran