Mir-Hossein Mousavi

Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh (Persian: میرحسین موسوی خامنه; born 29 September 1941) is an Iranian politician, painter and architect. He belongs to the Iranian reform movement. He was the fifth Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1981 to 1989. After his term, the constitution was changed, and the post of prime minister was abolished. Mousavi is currently the president of the Iranian Academy of Arts. He also was a candidate for the 2009 presidential election.

Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh میرحسین موسوی خامنه
Prime Minister of Iran
In office 31 October 1981 – 3 August 1989
President	Ali Khamenei
Leader	Ruhollah Khomeini Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani (Acting)
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office August 15, 1981 – December 15, 1981
President	Mohammad-Ali Rajai Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani (acting) Himself
Leader	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Mohammad-Ali Rajai
Succeeded by	Ali Akbar Velayati
Personal details
Born	(1941-09-29) 29 September 1941 Khameneh, Iran
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)	Zahra Rahnavard
Alma mater	Shahid Beheshti University

Before his post as prime minister, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He is also a member of the Expediency Discernment Council and the High Council of Cultural Revolution. He has not attended their meetings for years. Political analysts think that he does not like these councils. In the early years of the revolution, Mousavi was the editor-in-chief of the official newspaper of the Islamic Republican Party, the Jomhouri-e Eslami (Islamic Republic) newspaper. In 2009 presidential election, Mousavi chose green as his campaign color, a color which has since become common in Iran.

Mir-Hossein Mousavi Media

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  Mousavi with Mostafa Chamran, 1970's

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  Mousavi (first from right, sitting) as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the cabinet of President Mohammad-Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar, 1981

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  Mousavi (right) with then-President Ali Khamenei (left)

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  Mousavi and Abbas Mirza Abutalebi during the Iran–Iraq War

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  Mousavi with Mohammad Khatami, then Culture Minister, and the next President in 1985

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  The Hafte Tir bombing victims' mausoleum, which is designed by Mousavi

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  Mousavi supporters in Tehran

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  Mousavi speaking in Zanjan during presidential campaign

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  Mousavi at the protests of 2009