Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari
{{Short description|Iranian cleric}}
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| name = Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari {{langx|fa|عبدالواحد موسوی لاری}}
| image =Moosavi_Lari_02.jpg
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| caption = Moosavi Lari in the 13th congress of Democracy Party.
| office = Minister of Interior
| term_start = 22 July 1998
| term_end = 24 August 2005
| president = Mohammad Khatami
| predecessor = Mostafa Tajzadeh (acting)
| successor = Mostafa Pourmohammadi
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}}
| birth_place = Mohr,{{fact|date=August 2024}} Iran
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| party = Association of Combatant Clerics
| order2 = Vice President of Iran
for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
| term_start2 = 29 August 1997
| term_end2 = 22 July 1998
| president2 = Mohammad Khatami
| predecessor2 = Ata'ollah Mohajerani
| successor2 =Mohammad-Ali Abtahi
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Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari {{langx|fa|عبدالواحد موسوی لاری}} ({{pronunciation|Abdolvahed Mousavi-Lari from Iran pronunciation.ogg}}{{Needs IPA|lang=fa|date=August 2024}}; born 1954) is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician. He was the interior minister during the presidency of Mohammad Khatami.
Early life
Mousavi Lari was born in Mohr, Fars in 1954.{{fact|date=August 2024}}
Career
In August 1997, when Mohammad Khatami was elected president of Iran, Lari was appointed vice president for legal and parliamentary affairs.{{cite web|title=President Mohammad Khatami's Cabinet (August 1997)|url=http://www.iran.org/government/cabinet.htm|work=Iran|accessdate=16 August 2013}} However, following the impeachment of Abdollah Nouri by the Parliament, he was nominated by Khatami as minister of interior and the Parliament voted to him. He was in office until 2005 when Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became president and nominated Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi as interior minister.
Lari is a leading member of the Association of Combatant Clerics party.{{cite news|title=Iran must pursue détente policy: former minister |url=http://tehrantimes.com/politics/109228-iran-must-pursue-detente-policy-former-minister |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130816100513/http://tehrantimes.com/politics/109228-iran-must-pursue-detente-policy-former-minister |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 16, 2013 |accessdate=16 August 2013 |newspaper=Tehran Times |date=12 July 2013 }}
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Category:Interior ministers of Iran
Category:People from Fars province
Category:Association of Combatant Clerics politicians
Category:Members of the Reformists' Supreme Council for Policymaking
Category:Vice Presidents of Iran for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
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