List of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The following individuals have been identified as senior officers (currently or in the past) of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is a part of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Supreme Leader of Iran Commanders |
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Ground Forces Aerospace Force Navy Quds Force Basij |
Intelligence agencies |
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Personnel |
Ranks insignia |
Facilities |
Imam Hossein University Baqiyatallah University University of Command and Staff |
Commanders-in-Chief
Javad Mansouri was IRGC's "first unofficial commander"[1] and acting during its "early formative phase".[2] Abbas Agha-Zamani, however is considered the "first official operational commander" and was appointed by the Commander-in-Chief.[1]
No. | Portrait | Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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– | Javad Mansouri Acting | March 1979 | May 1979 | 3 months | [2] | |
– | Mostafa Chamran (1932–1981) Acting | Summer 1979 | Summer 1979 | de facto officeholder | [2] | |
– | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (1934–2017) Acting | August 1979 | August 1979 | less than a month | [2][1] | |
– | Hassan Lahouti Acting | October 1979 | November 1979 | 2 months | [1] | |
– | Fereydoun Kian Acting | Lieutenant colonellate 1979 | late 1979 | Unknown | [2] | |
– | Ali Khamenei (born 1939) Acting | 24 November 1979 | 24 February 1980 | 92 days | [1] | |
– | Abbas Duzduzani (born 1942) Acting | 1980 | 1980 | Unknown | [1][3] | |
1 | Abbas Agha-Zamani | 2 June 1980 | 27 June 1980 | 25 days | [4] | |
2 | Morteza Rezaee | 22 July 1980 | 20 September 1981 | 1 year, 60 days | [4] | |
3 | Mohsen Rezaee (born 1954) | Major general20 September 1981 | 19 September 1997 | 15 years, 364 days | [4] | |
4 | Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1952) | Major general19 September 1997 | 10 September 2007 | 9 years, 356 days | [4] | |
5 | Mohammad Ali Jafari (born 1957) | Major general10 September 2007 | 21 April 2019 | 11 years, 223 days | [4] | |
6 | Hossein Salami (born 1960) | Brigadier general21 April 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 289 days | [5] |
Deputy Commanders-in-Chief
No. | Portrait | Deputy Commander-in-Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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1 | Yousef Kolahdouz (1946–1981) | July 1980 | 29 September 1981 | 1 year, 90 days | [6] | |
2 | Ali Shamkhani (born 1955) | June 1982 | 24 September 1989 | 7 years, 115 days | [2][7] | |
3 | Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1952) | 24 September 1989 | 10 September 1997 | 7 years, 351 days | – | |
4 | Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr (born c. 1954/1955) | Brigadier general13 September 1997 | 30 April 2006 | 8 years, 229 days | – | |
5 | Morteza Rezaee | 30 April 2006 | 22 May 2008 | 2 years, 22 days | – | |
6 | Mohammad Hejazi (born 1956) | Brigadier general22 May 2008 | 4 October 2009 | 1 year, 135 days | – | |
7 | Hossein Salami (born 1960) | Brigadier general4 October 2009 | 21 April 2019 | 9 years, 199 days | – | |
8 | Commodore Ali Fadavi (born 1961) | 16 May 2019 | Incumbent | 1 year, 264 days | – |
Chiefs of the Joint Staff
No. | Portrait | Chief | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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1 | Alireza Afshar (born c. 1951) | Brigadier general1984 | 1987 | 2–3 years | – | |
2 | Mohammad Forouzandeh (born 1960) | 1987 | 1989 | 1–2 years | – | |
3 | Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr (born c. 1954/1955) | Brigadier general1989 | 1997 | 7–8 years | – | |
4 | Hossein Alaei | Brigadier general1997 | 2000 | 2–3 years | – | |
5 | Ali Akbar Ahmadian | 2000 | 2007 | 6–7 years | – | |
6 | Mohammad Hejazi (born 1956) | Brigadier general2007 | 2008 | 0–1 years | – |
Commanders of military branches
Ground Forces
No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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1 | Yahya Rahim Safavi (born 1952) | Major general1985 | 1989 | 3–4 years | – | |
2 | Mostafa Izadi | Major general1989 | 1992 | 2–3 years | – | |
3 | Mohammad Ali Jafari (born 1957) | Major general1992 | 2005 | 12–13 years | – | |
4 | Ahmad Kazemi (1958–2006) | Brigadier general2005 | 9 January 2006 † | 0–1 years | [8] | |
5 | Mohammad Reza Zahedi (born 1944) | Brigadier general2006 | 2008 | 1–2 years | – | |
6 | Mohammad Jafar Asadi (born 1958) | 2008 | 2009 | 0–1 years | – | |
7 | Mohammad Pakpour | Brigadier general2009 | Incumbent | 11–12 years | – |
Aerospace Force
No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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1 | Mousa Refan (born 1958) | 1985 | 1990 | 4–5 years | – | |
2 | Hossein Dehghan (born 1957) | Brigadier general1990 | 1991 | 0–1 years | – | |
3 | Mohammad Hossein Jalali | Brigadier general1991 | 1997 | 5–6 years | – | |
4 | Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf (born 1961) | Brigadier general1997 | 2000 | 2–3 years | – | |
5 | Ahmad Kazemi (1958–2006) | Brigadier general2000 | 2005 | 4–5 years | – | |
6 | Mohammad Reza Zahedi (born 1944) | Brigadier general2005 | 2006 | 0–1 years | – | |
7 | Hossein Salami (born 1960) | Brigadier general2006 | 2009 | 2–3 years | – | |
8 | Amir-Ali Hajizadeh (born 1962) | Brigadier general2009 | Incumbent | 11–12 years | – |
Navy
No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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1 | Hossein Alaei | Brigadier general1985 | 1990 | 4–5 years | – | |
2 | Ali Shamkhani (born 1955) | Rear admiral1990 | 1997 | 6–7 years | – | |
3 | Ali Akbar Ahmadian | 1997 | 2000 | 2–3 years | – | |
4 | Morteza Saffari | 2000 | 2010 | 9–10 years | – | |
5 | Ali Fadavi (born 1961) | Commodore2010 | 2018 | 7–8 years | – | |
6 | Alireza Tangsiri (born 1962) | Commodore2018 | Incumbent | 2–3 years | – |
Quds Force
No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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1 | Ahmad Vahidi (born 1958) | Brigadier general1988 | 1998 | 9–10 years | – | |
2 | Qasem Soleimani (1957–2020) | Major general21 March 1998 | 3 January 2020 † | 21 years, 288 days | [9][10] | |
3 | Esmail Ghaani (born 1957) | Brigadier general3 January 2020 | Incumbent | 1 year, 32 days | [11] |
Basij
No. | Portrait | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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1 | Mohammad-Ali Rahmani | 1984 | 1990 | 5–6 years | – | |
2 | Alireza Afshar (born c. 1951) | Brigadier general1990 | 1998 | 7–8 years | – | |
3 | Mohammad Hejazi (born 1956) | Brigadier general1998 | 2007 | 8–9 years | – | |
4 | Hossein Taeb (born 1963) | 2007 | 2009 | 1–2 years | – | |
5 | Mohammad Reza Naqdi (born c. 1952 or 1961) | Brigadier general2009 | 2016 | 6–7 years | – | |
6 | Gholamhossein Gheybparvar | Brigadier general2016 | 2019 | 2–3 years | – | |
7 | Gholamreza Soleimani | Brigadier general2019 | Incumbent | 1–2 years | – |
Chairmen of intelligence agencies
No. | Portrait | Chairman | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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Intelligence Organization | ||||||
1 | Hossein Taeb (born 1963) | 2009 | Incumbent | 11–12 years | – | |
Intelligence Protection Organization | ||||||
1 | Ali Saeedi Shahroudi | 1984 | 1994 | 9–10 years | – | |
2 | Morteza Rezaee | Brigadier general1994 | 2006 | 11–12 years | – | |
3 | Gholam-Hossein Ramezani | 2006 | 2008 | 1–2 years | – | |
4 | Mohammad Kazemi | Brigadier general2008 | Incumbent | 12–13 years | – |
Supreme Leader Representatives
No. | Portrait | Representative | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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1 | Hassan Lahouti | 1979 | 1979 | 0 years | – | |
2 | Fazlollah Mahallati | 1980 | 1981 | 0–1 years | – | |
3 | Hassan Taheri-Khorramabadi | 1981 | 1982 | 0–1 years | – | |
4 | Mohammad-Reza Faker | 1982 | 1983 | 0–1 years | – | |
(2) | Fazlollah Mahallati | 1983 | 1986 | 2–3 years | – | |
5 | Abdollah Nouri (born 1950) | 1989 | 1990 | 0–1 years | – | |
6 | Mahmoud Mohammadi-Araghi | 1990 | 1991 | 0–1 years | – | |
7 | Ali Movahedi-Kermani (born 1931) | 1991 | 2006 | 14–15 years | – | |
8 | Ali Saeedi Shahroudi | 2006 | 2018 | 11–12 years | – | |
9 | Abdollah Hajisadeghi | 2018 | Incumbent | 2–3 years | – |
Ministers
No. | Portrait | Minister | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref |
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1 | Mohsen Rafighdoost (born 1940) | November 1982 | 20 September 1988 | 5 years, 324 days | – | |
2 | Ali Shamkhani (born 1955) | 20 September 1988 | 21 August 1989 | 335 days | – |
References
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- Sinkaya, Bayram (2015), The Revolutionary Guards in Iranian Politics: Elites and Shifting Relations, Routledge, pp. 96–97, ISBN 978-1317525646
- Forozan, Hesam (2015), The Military in Post-Revolutionary Iran: The Evolution and Roles of the Revolutionary Guards, Routledge, Table 2.1: Commander-in-Chief of the Sepah Since 1979, p 59, ISBN 9781317430742
- Gladstone, Rick. "Iran's Supreme Leader Replaces Head of Revolutionary Guards". NYT. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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