Hassan Ebrahim Habibi حسن ابراهیم حبیبی
1st First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
In office 1989 – 2001
President	Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mohammad Khatami
Leader	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	post created
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Reza Aref
Minister of Justice of Iran
In office 1985 – 1989
President	Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Leader	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Mohammad Asghari
Succeeded by	Esmail Shooshtari
Born	1937 Tehran, Iran
Political party	Coalition of Iran's Independent Volunteers

Hassan Ebrahim Habibi (in Persian: حسن ابراهیم حبیبی) (born 1937 in Tehran) is an Iranian politician and scholar, presently the Head of Academy of Persian Language and Literature (from October 11, 2004, for four years), and a member of the High Council of Cultural Revolution.

Habibi was the 1st First Vice President of Iran from 1989 to 2001, eight years under President Rafsanjani and then four years under President Khatami. He was followed by Mohammad Reza Aref in Khatami's second term.

Before his vice presidency, Habibi was the Minister of Justice under Prime Minister Mousavi. He was also the spokesman for the Council of Revolution of Iran in 1979.

Habibi was among the main architects of the first draft of Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran after the Iranian Revolution, which was later passed for more discussion to an elected Assembly of Experts for Constitution. The assembly made significant changes in the original draft, e.g. by introducing the new position of "leader of the Islamic Republic" based on Khomeini's concept of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists, which gave almost unlimited power to the clergy. the modified version was approved in a popular referendum in 1979.

Habibi has a Ph.D. in law and sociology.

Political offices
Preceded by Sayyed Mohammad Asghari	Minister of Justice of Iran 1981	Succeeded by Esmail Shooshtari
Preceded by Office Created	First Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran 1989 – 2001	Succeeded by Mohammad-Reza Aref

[edit] External links

• Habibi's bibliography on the Persian Academy's website (in Persian)

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