Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili
{{Short description|Iranian Grand Ayatollah (1926-2016)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Sayyid Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili
| image = Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili (5).jpg
| caption = Mousavi Ardebili in 2015
| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|1|28|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|11|23|1926|1|28|df=y}}
| resting_place = Fatima Masumeh Shrine, Qom
| order = Chief Justice of Iran
Head of Supreme Court of Iran
| appointer = Ruhollah Khomeini
| term_start = 28 June 1981
| term_end = 15 August 1989
| predecessor = Mohammad Beheshti
| successor = Mohammad Yazdi
| order1 = Attorney-General of Iran
| term_start1 = 23 February 1980
| term_end1 = 28 June 1981
| appointer1 = Ruhollah Khomeini
| predecessor1 = Fathollah Banisadr
| successor1 = Mohammad-Mehdi Rabbani Amlashi
| order2 = Member of the Assembly of Experts
| term_start2 = 15 August 1983
| term_end2 = 1 December 1991
| constituency2 = Tehran Province
| party = Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers
| otherparty = Islamic Republican Party
| alma_mater = Qom Seminary
| occupation =
| nationality = Iranian
| website = [http://www.ardebili.com/FA/Home/Index/ Official website]
| native_name_lang = fa
| native_name = {{nobold|سید عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی}}
}}
Sayyid Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili ({{langx|fa|سید عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی}}, 28 January 1926 – 23 November 2016) was an Iranian reformist politician and Twelver shi'a marja.
Political career
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.{{cite journal|last=Asayesh|first=Hossein|author2=Adlina Ab. Halim|author3=Jayum A. Jawan |author4=Seyedeh Nosrat Shojaei|title=Political Party in Islamic Republic of Iran: A Review|journal=Journal of Politics and Law|date=March 2011|volume=4|issue=1|doi=10.5539/jpl.v4n1p221 |url=http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jpl/article/view/9606/6898|access-date=29 July 2013|doi-access=free}} Khomeini appointed him as chief of justice in 1981 after the impeachment of President Abulhassan Banisadr. As chief justice, he served as a 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.{{cite journal |last=Ramazani |first=Rouhollah K. |date=Spring 1980 |title=Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran |jstor=4326018 |journal=Middle East Journal |publisher=Middle East Institute |volume=34 |issue=2 |pages=181–204 }}
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033408/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924070-2,00.html Is the Ayatullah a Heretic?], Time, Monday, 28 April 1980
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{{s-ttl|title=Attorney-General of Iran|years=1980–1981}}
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