Mohammad Mokhber facts for kids
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Mohammad Mokhber
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محمد مخبر
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Mokhber in 2023
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| Acting President of Iran | |
| Assumed office 19 May 2024 |
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| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Ebrahim Raisi |
| 7th First Vice President of Iran | |
| In office 8 August 2021 – 19 May 2024 |
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| President | Ebrahim Raisi |
| Preceded by | Eshaq Jahangiri |
| Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
| Assumed office 20 September 2022 |
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| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Chairman | Sadeq Larijani |
| Head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order | |
| In office 15 July 2007 – 7 December 2021 |
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| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Javad Iravani |
| Succeeded by | Aref Norouzi (acting) Parviz Fattah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 June 1955 Dezful, Iran |
| Political party | Independent |
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Mohammad Mokhber (born 26 June 1955) is an Iranian politician who has been serving as the acting president of Iran since the Varzaqan helicopter crash on 19 May 2024. He was previously the first vice president of Iran. He was also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council. He has previously been head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order (EIKO), chairman of the Sina Bank board, and deputy governor of Khuzestan Province.
As first vice president, Mokhber assumes, with the approval of the Supreme Leader of Iran, "the powers and functions of the President" upon the death of the president according to the Constitution of Iran. A Temporary Presidential Council is formed (Speaker of the Assembly, Head of Judiciary, First Vice President), and the council is to organize a new election within 50 days. Following the death of President Raisi in a helicopter crash, he has assumed the role of acting president of Iran.
Early life and education
Muhammad Mokhber was born in Dezful, Iran, in 1955. He possesses two doctoral degrees, including a doctorate academic paper (and an MA) in international law; he also has a doctorate degree in management. He also holds an MA in management.
Career
He was as an officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's medical corps during the Iran–Iraq War. In the 1990s, Mokhber was the CEO of Dezful Telecommunications in his hometown, then deputy governor of Khuzestan Province. From the 2000s he was the chairman of Sina Bank for about ten years. He became a senior official of the Mostazafan Foundation before becoming head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order (EIKO) in 2007.
On 8 August 2021, President Ebrahim Raisi appointed Mokhber the first vice president of Iran, the seventh person to hold the office. In October 2022, he was sent to Moscow along with senior IRGC officials and a Supreme National Security Council official to finalize an agreement to send Shahed drones and surface-to-surface missiles to Russia to support its invasion of Ukraine.
Acting President of Iran (2024–present)
On 19 May 2024, after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, Mokhber assumed the role of Acting President of Iran and was confirmed in his position by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on 20 May, until new presidential elections are held.
See also
In Spanish: Mohammad Mokhber para niños
