Sadiq Larijani
Sadiq Larijani | |
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صادق لاریجانی | |
Larijani in 2017 | |
| Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council | |
| Assumed office 30 December 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
| Chief Justice of Iran | |
| In office 14 August 2009 – 7 March 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Deputy | Ebrahim Raisi Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i |
| Preceded by | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi |
| Succeeded by | Ebrahim Raisi |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
| In office 23 February 1999 – 20 May 2024 | |
| Constituency | Mazandaran Province |
| Majority | 682,817 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sadiq Ardashir Larijani 12 March 1961 |
| Party | Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom |
| Parent | Hashim Larijani (father) |
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| Alma mater | Qom Seminary |
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Sadiq Ardashir Larijani (born 12 March 1961) is an Iranian cleric and politician who currently serves as the chairman of Expediency Discernment Council since 2018. He previously served as the sixth chief justice of Iran from 2009 to 2019.
Born in Najaf, Iraq, to the Larijani family, Sadiq Larijani began his seminary studies in Qom. He then served as one of the 12 members of the Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran for eight years. He was appointed head of the judicial system of Iran by supreme leader Ali Khamenei in 2009.
Larijani was one of the closest aides of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and has been regarded by many commentators as one of the potential successors to Khamenei, along with the latter's son Mojtaba Khamenei.