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Hassan Habibi

 
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Hassan Ebrahim Habibi
حسن ابراهیم حبیبی


In office
1989 – 2001
President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Khatami
Leader Ali Khamenei
Preceded by post created
Succeeded by Mohammad-Reza Aref

In office
1985 – 1989
President Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Leader Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by Mohammad Asghari
Succeeded by Esmail Shooshtari

Born 1937
Tehran, Iran
Political party Coalition of Iran's Independent Volunteers

Hassan Ebrahim Habibi (in Persian: حسن ابراهیم حبیبی) (born 1937 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician and scholar, presently the Head of Academy of Persian Language and Literature (from October 11, 2004, for four years), and a member of the High Council of Cultural Revolution.

Habibi was the 1st First Vice President of Iran from 1989 to 2001, eight years under President Rafsanjani and then four years under President Khatami. He was followed by Mohammad Reza Aref in Khatami's second term.

Before his vice presidency, Habibi was the Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Mousavi. He was also the spokesman for the Council of Revolution of Iran in 1979.

Habibi was among the main architects of the first draft of Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran after the Iranian Revolution, which was later passed for more discussion to an elected Assembly of Experts for Constitution. The assembly made significant changes in the original draft, e.g. by introducing the new position of "leader of the Islamic Republic" based on Khomeini's concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists, which gave almost unlimited power to the clergy. the modified version was approved in a popular referendum in 1979.

Habibi has a Ph.D. in law and sociology.

Political offices
Preceded by
Sayyed Mohammad Asghari
Minister of Justice of Iran
1981
Succeeded by
Esmail Shooshtari
Preceded by
Office Created
First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
1989 – 2001
Succeeded by
Mohammad-Reza Aref


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