Hassan Habibi

Hassan Ebrahim Habibi (Persian: حسن حبیبی; 29 January 1937 – 31 January 2013) was an Iranian politician, lawyer, scholar and the first vice president from 1989 until 2001 under Presidents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Mohammad Khatami. He was also a member of the High Council of Cultural Revolution and head of Academy of Persian Language and Literature from 2004 until his death in 2013.

Hassan Habibi
حسن حبیبی
Habibi in 1980
First Secretary of the Expediency Discernment Council
In office
12 April 1997  9 September 1997
Appointed byAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
ChairmanAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMohsen Rezaee
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
In office
8 May 1991  31 January 2013
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
1st First Vice President of Iran
In office
21 August 1989  26 August 2001
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Khatami
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byMohammad-Reza Aref
Supervisor of Presidential Administration of Iran
In office
5 September 1989  3 August 1997
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byMostafa Mir-Salim
Succeeded byMohammad Hashemi Rafsanjani
Minister of Justice
In office
15 August 1984  29 August 1989
PresidentAli Khamenei
Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded byMohammad Asghari
Succeeded byEsmail Shooshtari
Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
28 May 1980  28 May 1984
ConstituencyTehran, Rey and Shemiranat
Majority1,552,478 (72.7%)
Minister of Culture and Higher Education
In office
1 October 1979  28 May 1980
Prime MinisterMehdi Bazargan
Preceded byAli Shariatmadari
Succeeded byHassan Arefi
Personal details
Born
Hassan Ebrahim Habibi

(1937-01-29)29 January 1937
Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
Died31 January 2013(2013-01-31) (aged 76)
Tehran, Iran
Political party
SpouseShafigheh Rahideh
Awards Excellent Order of Independence
Order of Knowledge (1st class)
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