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Abdolkarim Mousavi-Ardabili

seyyed Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili
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Chief Justice of Iran
Head of Supreme Court of Iran
In office
28 June 1981 – 30 June 1989
Appointed by Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by Mohammad Beheshti
Succeeded by Mohammad Yazdi
Attorney-General of Iran
In office
1 June 1980 – 28 June 1981
Appointed by Mohammad Beheshti
Preceded by Mohammad Mehdi Amlashi
Succeeded by Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office
15 August 1983 – 1 December 1991
Constituency Tehran Province
Personal details
Born (1926-01-28)28 January 1926
Ardabil, Iran
Died 23 November 2016(2016-11-23) (aged 90)
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Political party Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers
Other political
affiliations
Islamic Republican Party
Alma mater Qom Seminary
Website Official website

seyyed Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili (Persian: عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی‎‎, 28 January 1926 – 23 November 2016) was an Iranian politician and Twelver shi'a marja.

Ardebili was a supporter of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and was a friend of his. He made speeches in support of Khomeini in the 1970s. After the Iranian Revolution, he became a founding member of the Islamic Republican party that was founded in 1979. Khomeini appointed him as chief of justice in 1981 after the impeachment of President Abulhassan Banisadr. As chief justice, he served as member of the temporary council of the Presidency, along with the Prime Minister and Speaker, carrying out the duties of the president for up to two months.


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