Commander of the Iranian Navy | |
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Persian: فرمانده نیروی دریایی ارتش | |
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Nominator | Commander-in-Chief of the Army |
Appointer | Supreme Leader of Iran |
Formation | 1931 |
First holder | Gholamali Bayandor |
The Commander of the Iranian Navy (Persian: فرمانده نیروی دریایی ارتش) is the highest-ranking position of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, and has operational control and is responsible for overall operations of the navy. The current Commander Hossein Khanzadi.
List of officeholders[]
Imperial State of Iran (1925–1979)[]
№ | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref | |
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1 | Gholamali Bayandor (1898–1941) | Rear admiral 1931 | 25 August 1941 † | 9–10 years | – | |
2 | Abdollah Zelli | Admiral1941 | 1952 | 10–11 years | [1] | |
3 | Gholam-Hossein Bayandor | Rear admiral1952 | 1954 | 1–2 years | [1] | |
4 | Habibollah Shahandeh | Rear admiral1954 | 1960 | 5–6 years | [1] | |
5 | Farajollah Rasaei | Admiral1960 | July 1972 | 11–12 years | [1] | |
6 | Abbas Ramzi Ataie | Rear admiral1972 | 1976 | 3–4 years | [1] | |
7 | Kamal Habibollahi (1930–2016) | Vice admiral 7 January 1976 | 11 February 1979 | 3 years | [1] |
Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–present)[]
№ | Commander | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref | |
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– | Afsaripour (Acting) | Captain1979 | 1979 | 0 years | [1][2] | |
1 | Ahmad Madani (1929–2006) | Commodore 1979 | 1979 | 0 years | [1] | |
2 | Mahmoud Alavi | CommodoreNovember 1979 | 26 February 1980 | 0 years | [1] | |
– | A. Tabatabaei (Acting) | CommodoreFebruary 1980 | May 1980 | 0 years | [1][2] | |
3 | Bahram Afzali (1937–1984) | Captain May 1980 | 24 April 1983 | 2 years | [1][3] | |
4 | Esfandiar Hosseini (1937–1984) | Captain 30 April 1983 | 25 June 1985 | 2 years | [1][4] | |
5 | Mohammad-Hossein Malekzadegan (born 1944) | Commodore 27 June 1985 | 30 October 1989 | 4 years | [1][4] | |
6 | Ali Shamkhani (born 1955) | Rear Admiral 30 October 1989 | 27 August 1997 | 7 years | [1][5] | |
7 | Abbas Mohtaj | Commodore27 August 1997 | 25 October 2005 | 8 years | [1] | |
8 | Sajjad Kouchaki (born 1955) | Commodore 25 October 2005 | 2007 | 1–2 years | [1] | |
9 | Habibollah Sayyari (born 1955) | Commodore 29 August 2007 | November 2017 | 10 years | [1] | |
10 | Hossein Khanzadi (born 1967) | Commodore November 2017 | Incumbent | 7 years | [6] |
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 "فرماندهان ارتش ایران از 1300 شمسی تا کنون" (in Persian). 31 January 2015. https://www.parsine.com/fa/news/222877/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%B4-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-1300-%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%B3%DB%8C-%D8%AA%D8%A7-%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schahgaldian & Barkhordarian 1987, p. 113.
- ↑ Boroujerdi, Mehrzad; Rahimkhani, Kourosh (2018). Postrevolutionary Iran: A Political Handbook. Syracuse University Press. p. 63. ISBN 9780815654322.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Schahgaldian & Barkhordarian 1987, p. 114.
- ↑ Zeb, Rizwan (12 February 2003). "The emerging Indo-Iranian strategic alliance and Pakistan". http://www.cacianalyst.org/publications/analytical-articles/item/7799-analytical-articles-caci-analyst-2003-2-12-art-7799.html. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ↑ "Leader makes new appointments in Iran's Army". Mehr News Agency. 5 November 2017. 4135697. http://en.mehrnews.com/news/129228/Leader-makes-new-appointments-in-Iran-s-Army.
- Schahgaldian, Nikola B.; Barkhordarian, Gina (March 1987). The Iranian Military Under the Islamic Republic. RAND. ISBN 0-8330-0777-7. https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/reports/2007/R3473.pdf. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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