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Sadeq Larijani

Sadeq Larijani
Sadeq Larijani in Justice week conference.jpg
Chief Justice of Iran
Assumed office
15 August 2009
Appointed by Ali Khamenei
Deputy Ebrahim Raeesi
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Preceded by Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Member of the Assembly of Experts
Assumed office
15 December 1998
Constituency Mazandaran Province
Majority 682,817
Personal details
Born Sadeq Ardeshir Larijani
(1961-03-12) 12 March 1961 (age 55)
Najaf, Iraq
Nationality Iranian
Political party Combatant Clergy Association
Parents Mirza Hashem Amoli (father)
Relatives
Alma mater Qom Seminary
Tarbiat Modares University
Religion Shia Islam

Sadeq Ardeshir Larijani (Persian: صادق اردشیر لاریجانی‎‎; born 12 March 1961 Najaf, Iraq), more known as Amoli Larijani (Persian: آملی لاریجانی‎‎), is an Iranian cleric, politician and the current and fifth head of the judicial system of Iran after the 1979 revolution.

He was born in 1339 solar (1961) in Najaf. His father, the late Ayatollah Mirza Hashem Amoli, was an eminent Mujtahid of his time who worked in Najaf after being exiled by Mohammad Reza Shah. The family moved to Iran after the Iranian Revolution in 1979. Larinjani became familiar with both religious sciences and modern sciences as child. He began his primary school in 1345 solar (1966) and finished high school in 1356 solar (1977). Following high school, he began his seminary studies in Qom. He finished his seminary studies in 1368 solar (1989) then began to teach in both seminary and university. He became a member of scientific staffs of Qom University and taught many courses in theology and comparative philosophy. Larijani is a brother of Ali Larijani (Speaker of the Majlis), Mohammad Javad Larijani, Bagher Larijani (Chancellor of Tehran University of Medical Sciences), and Fazel Larijani (Iran's former cultural attachée in Ottawa).


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