Maryam Rajavi
Maryam Rajavi (Persian: مریم رجوی, née Qajar-Azodanlu, Persian: مریم قجر عضدانلو) is a leader of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), an organization advocating the overthrow of the Iranian government, and president-elect of its National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI). She is married to Massoud Rajavi, who is the co-leader of MEK.
Maryam Rajavi | |
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Rajavi in a conference in Paris, France, in 2012 | |
| President-elect of the National Council of Resistance | |
| Assumed office 22 October 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Abolhassan Banisadr |
| Co–equal Leader of the People's Mujahedin of Iran | |
| Assumed office 27 January 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Massoud Rajavi (as leader) |
| Secretary-General of the People's Mujahedin of Iran | |
| In office 8 October 1989 – 22 October 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Massoud Rajavi |
| Succeeded by | Fahimeh Arvani |
| Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Liberation Army | |
| In office 20 June 1987 – 22 October 1993 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Maryam Qajar-Azodanlu 4 December 1953 Tehran, Imperial State of Iran |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
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