Iranian presidential election, 1989

The 1989 presidential elections in Iran were held on 28 July 1989 and made Alī Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani as president.

Prehistory

On June 3, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini died in 1989 with the jurist-ruler of Iran and the symbolic figure of the Islamic revolution. Designed by Khomeini and are tailored to the Constitution had to be changed because nobody met the requirements that have been placed on the head of state. As part of the revision of the Constitution, the office of the president was, at the insistence of the former Parliament Speaker Alī Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani strengthened.

On July 28, In 1989, by the same abgehaltende constitutional referendum the constitutional amendment in place and a new president was elected. The current incumbent Seyyed Alī Chamene'i followed Khomeini as supreme jurist. 79 candidates wanted to be up to choice, but the Guardian Council banned 77 of them as a candidate. One of the two candidates was approved Rafsanjani, who was traded to the much lesser known Abbas Sheibani as a big favorite.

Result

The election ended as expected with a clear victory for Rafsanjani. Of 16,452,677 votes cast, he received 15,550,528.

Rafsanjani began his first term and was re-elected in the presidential election in 1993.