Maryam Rajavi

Maryam Rajavi
مریم رجوی
Rajavi in 2014
President-elect 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
Assumed office
27 January 1985
Serving with Massoud Rajavi (until 2003)
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
Born
Maryam Qajar-Azodanlu

(1953-12-04) 4 December 1953
Tehran, Imperial State of Iran
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 and the 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.