# Ebrahim Raisi

_President of Iran from 2021 to 2024_

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Last updated: 2026-10-17

> Ebrahim Raisolsadati, better known as Ebrahim Raisi, was an Iranian cleric and politician who served as the president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024. A protégé of supreme leader Ali Khamenei and a Principlist, Raisi was the second and most recent Iranian president to die in office after Mohammad-Ali Rajai.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 14 December 1960 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Mashhad ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P19))
- **Died:** 19 May 2024 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P570))
- **Place of death:** Uzi ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P20))
- **Citizenship:** Pahlavi Iran; Iran ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P27))
- **Occupation:** politician; qadi; Islamic jurist; cleric; jurist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P106))
- **Political party:** Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces (2017–2017); Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987); Combatant Clergy Association ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P102))
- **Education:** Shahid Motahari University; Hawza ‘Ilmiyya Khorasan; Qom Hawza ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P69))
- **Spouse:** Jamileh Alamolhoda ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P26))
- **Official website:** raisi.ir ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P856))
- **Positions held:** President of Iran (3 August 2021 – 19 May 2024 · BS 18 Shrawan 2078 – 5 Jestha 2081); Chief Justice of Iran (7 March 2019 – 1 July 2021); Member of the Assembly of Experts (24 May 2016 – 19 May 2024); Trustee of Astan Quds Razavi (7 March 2016 – 4 April 2019); Attorney-General of Iran (23 August 2014 – 1 April 2016); prosecutor (7 June 2012 – 3 August 2021); Member of the Assembly of Experts (20 February 2007 – 21 May 2016); First Vice Chief Justice of Iran (27 July 2004 – 23 August 2014); Chief Justice of Iran (27 July 2004 – 23 August 2014); president (22 August 1994 – 9 August 2004) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P39))
- **Awards:** Time 100; Order of Islamic Revolution ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P166))
- **X (Twitter):** raisi_com ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P2002))
- **Instagram:** raisi.ir ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347#P2003))

## Questions

**When was Ebrahim Raisi born?**  
Ebrahim Raisi was born on 14 December 1960 in Mashhad.

**What positions has Ebrahim Raisi held?**  
Positions held by Ebrahim Raisi include: President of Iran (2021–2024); Chief Justice of Iran (2019–2021); Member of the Assembly of Experts (2016–2024); Trustee of Astan Quds Razavi (2016–2019); Attorney-General of Iran (2014–2016).

**Where did Ebrahim Raisi study?**  
Ebrahim Raisi was educated at Shahid Motahari University, Hawza ‘Ilmiyya Khorasan, Qom Hawza.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Ebrahim Raisi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebrahim_Raisi) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): इब्राहिम रइसी](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q5947347](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5947347) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: Ebrahim Raisi in 2024 (3x4 cropped).jpg by Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan (CC BY 4.0)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ebrahim_Raisi_in_2024_(3x4_cropped).jpg)

## Licence and attribution

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