Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani
Iranian mullah
Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani (Persian: محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی; born 1932) is an Iranian politician and cleirc. He is Tehran's Friday Prayer Ephemeral Imam. He is also the former secretary-general of Combatant Clergy Association. He is also a member of the Assembly of Experts. He was formerly one of the deputy speakers in the Islamic Consultative Assembly.[2] In May 2024, he became the Chairman of the Assembly of Experts.
Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani | |
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محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی | |
Chairman of the Assembly of Experts | |
Assumed office 21 May 2024 | |
Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
Preceded by | Ahmad Jannati |
Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council Acting | |
In office 29 December 2018 – 30 December 2018 | |
Preceded by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
Succeeded by | Sadeq Larijani |
In office 1 February 2017 – 14 August 2017 | |
Preceded by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
Succeeded by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
Tehran's Ephemeral Friday Prayer Imam | |
Assumed office 2 December 2012 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Member of Assembly of Experts | |
Assumed office 24 May 2016 | |
Constituency | Tehran Province |
Majority | 2,134,963 |
In office 14 July 1983 – 24 May 2016 | |
Constituency | Kerman Province |
Member of the Parliament | |
In office 28 May 1984 – 28 May 2000 | |
Constituency | Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr |
Majority | 1,025,629 (44.6%; 5th term) |
In office 28 May 1980 – 28 May 1984 | |
Constituency | Kerman |
Member of Expediency Discernment Council | |
In office 4 October 1989 – 20 September 2022 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Chairman | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Sadeq Larijani |
Personal details | |
Born | 1932 (age 91–92) Kerman, Iran |
Political party | Combatant Clergy Association |
Other political affiliations | Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987)[1] |
References
change- ↑ Ervand Abrahamian (1989). Radical Islam: the Iranian Mojahedin. I.B.Tauris. pp. 45. ISBN 9781850430773.
- ↑ "Islamic Consultative Assembly -5th Majlis: (July 2000)". Archived from the original on 2007-02-20. Retrieved 2007-01-30.