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Mohammad Mokhber
محمد مخبر
Mokhber in 2023
Acting President of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 May 2024
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byEbrahim Raisi
7th First Vice President of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 August 2021
PresidentEbrahim Raisi
himself (acting)
Preceded byEshaq Jahangiri
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 September 2022
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanSadeq Larijani
Head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order
In office
15 July 2007 – 7 December 2021
Appointed byAli Khamenei
Preceded byMohammad Javad Iravani
Succeeded byAref Norouzi (acting)
Parviz Fattah
Personal details
Born (1955-06-26) 26 June 1955 (age 69)
Dezful, Khuzestan, Imperial State of Iran
Political partyIndependent
Signature
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/serviceRevolutionary Guards
Years of service1980-1988
UnitMedical Corps
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War

Mohammad Mokhber[a][b] (born 26 June 1955)[1] is an Iranian politician who has been serving as the acting president of Iran since the death of President Ebrahim Raisi in the Varzaqan helicopter crash on 19 May 2024. Before he was elevated to the role of acting president, Mokhber held the position of First Vice President of Iran. He has also been a member of the Expediency Discernment Council, the head of the Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order committee (EIKO), chairman of the Sina Bank board, and deputy governor of Khuzestan Province.

As the former first vice president, and with the approval of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Mokhber assumed "the powers and functions of the President" as the temporary acting President of Iran, upon the death of his predecessor, in accordance with the Constitution of Iran. A Temporary Presidential Council must then be formed (consisting of the Acting President, the Speaker of the Assembly, and the Head of Judiciary), which council is to then organize a new election within 50 days.[2]

Early life and education

Mohammad Mokhber was born in Dezful,[3] Iran, on 1 September 1955[1] to a clerical family.[4] He possesses two doctoral degrees, including a doctorate academic paper (and an MA) in international law; he also has a doctorate degree in management.[5] He also holds an MA in management.[6]

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.[7][8]

On 8 August 2021, President Ebrahim Raisi appointed Mokhber the first vice president of Iran,[3] the seventh person to hold the office.[3] 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.[9]

Acting President of Iran (2024–present)

Main article: Government of Mohammad Mokhber (2024–present)

On 19 May 2024, after the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, Mokhber assumed the role of Acting President of Iran,[10] and was confirmed in his position by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on 20 May, until new presidential elections are held.[11] Mokhber attended Raisi's funeral in Tehran on 22 May.[12] He oversaw a scheduled cabinet meeting, in which he announced about the crash at the end of the meeting, according to the government spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi.[13]

As president, Mokhber made his first public address on 27 May at the meeting of the new Islamic Consultative Assembly which was convened following the 2024 Iranian legislative election, during which he praised Raisi's presidency.[14]

Sanctions

In July 2010, the European Union included Mokhber, then the president of EIKO, in a list of persons and entities it was sanctioning for alleged involvement in the issue of "nuclear or ballistic missiles activities." In 2012, Mokhber was removed from the list.[15] In 2021, Mokhber was sanctioned by the United States over EIKO's role in violating “the rights of dissidents by confiscating land and property from opponents of the regime” and other human rights abuses.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Alternatively spelled Mohammed Mokhber
  2. ^
    • Template:Lang-fa, Persian pronunciation: [mohæmmæd moxbeɾ]

References

  1. ^ a b Ebrahim Raisi death: Who is Mohammad Mokhber, the man appointed Iran's interim president? The Standard (UK). By Lydia Chantler-Hicks. 20 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran (full text)". shora-gc.ir. Guardian Council. 2 June 2021. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024. In case of death, dismissal, resignation, absence, or illness lasting longer than two months of the President, or when his term in office has ended and a new president has not been elected due to some impediments, or similar other circumstances, his first deputy shall and will assume, only with the approval of the Leader, the powers and functions of the President. The Council, consisting of the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly, head of the judicial power, and the first deputy of the President, was obliged to arrange for a new President to be elected within a maximum period of fifty days. In case of death of the first deputy to the President, or other matters which prevent him to perform his duties, or when the President does not have a first deputy, the Leader shall appoint another person in his place.
  3. ^ a b c "Ayatollah Raisi appoints Dr Mohammad Mokhber as 1st VP". Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran. 8 August 2021. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Who is Mohammad Mokhber, appointed Iran's acting president after a helicopter crash?". Associated Press. 21 May 2024. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Biography: Mohammad Mokhber". Student News Network. 14 August 2020. Archived from the original on 16 November 2022. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. ^ "مخبر به ستاد اجرایی فرمان امام میرود" [Mohamad Mokhber is going to Execution of Imam Khomeini's Order]. ictna.ir. Information and Communication Technology News Agency. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Mohammad Mokhber: First Vice President of Iran". United Against Nuclear Iran. American Coalition Against Nuclear Iran. Archived from the original on 19 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Who is Mohammad Mokhber, Iran's interim president?". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Iran agrees to supply missiles as well as drones to Russia". The Guardian. 18 October 2022. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  10. ^ Who was Mohammad Mokhber, the man set to become Iran's interim president? Archived 20 May 2024 at the Wayback Machine Reuters. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  11. ^ "Iran's president, foreign minister and others found dead at helicopter crash site". Associated Press. 20 May 2024. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Iran's supreme leader presides over funeral for president and others killed in helicopter crash". Associated Press. 22 May 2024. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  13. ^ Fassihi, Farnaz (25 May 2024). "Calls, Search Parties, Drones: 17 Hours to Find Iran's President". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  14. ^ Karimi, Nasser (27 May 2024). "Iran's acting president addresses new parliament after helicopter crash killing president, others". Associated Press. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  15. ^ Special Report: Khamenei's conglomerate thrived as sanctions squeezed Iran – Mohammad Mokhber Archived 20 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine reuters.com Retrieved 16 August 2020
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