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Expediency Council

Expediency Discernment Council
مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام
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Type
Type
Leadership
Chairman
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (acting)
Since 1 February 2017
Secretary-General
Mohsen Rezaee
Since 22 October 1997
Seats 39
Meeting place
Marmar Palace view.jpg
Marble Palace, Tehran, Iran
Website
Official website

The Expediency Discernment Council of the System (Persian: مجمع تشخیص مصلحت نظام‎‎ Majma' Tašxis Maṣlahat Nezâm) is an administrative assembly appointed by the Supreme Leader and was created upon the revision to the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran on 6 February 1988. It was originally set up to resolve differences or conflicts between the Majlis and the Guardian Council, but "its true power lies more in its advisory role to the Supreme Leader." According to Hooman Majd, the Leader "delegated some of his own authority to the council — granting it supervisory powers over all branches of the government" — following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's election in 2005.

Members of the council are chosen by the Supreme Leader every five years.

On 14 March 2012, a new council was appointed for a five-year period.

The following is a list of its members of the years (2007-2012):

The following is a list of its members of the years 2002-2007.

Ex officio members:

The following is a list of its members of the year 1997-2002.

Ex officio members:


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