Maryam Rajavi

Maryam Rajavi
مریم رجوی
Rajavi in 2012
President of the National Council of Resistance
Assumed office
22 October 1993
Preceded byAbolhassan Banisadr
Co–equal Leader of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (until 1993)
Assumed office
27 January 1985
Serving with Massoud Rajavi
Preceded byMassoud Rajavi (as leader)
Secretary-General of the People's Mujahedin of Iran
In office
8 October 1989 – 22 October 1993
Preceded byMassoud Rajavi
Succeeded byFahimeh Arvani
Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the National Liberation Army
In office
20 June 1987 – 22 October 1993
Personal details
BornMaryam Qajar-Azodanlu
(1953-12-04) 4 December 1953
Spouses
(m. 1980; div. 1985)
(m. 1985, dis. 2003)
Children1

Maryam Rajavi (Persian: مریم رجوی, née Qajar-Azodanlu, Persian: مریم قجر عضدانلو; born 4 December 1953) is an Iranian dissident politician that currently serves as president of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), an organization advocating the overthrow of the Iranian government.