Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
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Ayatollah Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani (محمدرضا مهدوی کنی) is an Iranian cleric and politician. Presently, he is the Secretary General of the Combatant Clergy Association (جامعهٔ روحانیت مبارز).
He was the Interim Prime Minister of Iran from September 2 to October 29, 1981, appointed by a provisional presidential council, after the assassination of President Mohammad Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar. Before his prime ministership, Mahdavi Kani was Minister of Interior during the prime ministership of Rajai.
Mahdavi Kani in the founder of Imam Sadegh University in Tehran, a university specializing in humanities. He has also been a member of the Constitutional Amendment Council of Iran, appointed by Ayatollah Khomeini, the Supreme Leader of Iran, to review and amend the Constitution of Iran in 1989.
See also: Interim government of Iran, 1981
| Preceded by Mohammad Javad Bahonar |
Prime Minister of Iran (interim) 1981 |
Succeeded by Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
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