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Ahmad Jannati

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Ahmad Jannati
احمد جنتی
Jannati in 2016
Chairman of the Assembly of Experts
In office
24 May 2016 – 21 May 2024
Supreme LeaderAli Khamenei
Preceded byMohammad Yazdi
Succeeded byMohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
In office
17 March 1997 – 20 September 2022
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Ali Movahedi-Kermani (acting)
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Sadeq Larijani
Secretary of the Guardian Council
Assumed office
17 July 1992[1]
Appointed byAli Khamenei
Preceded byMohammad Mohammadi Gilani
Tehran's Temporary Friday Prayer Imam
In office
3 April 1992[2] – 11 March 2018[3]
Appointed byAli Khamenei
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office
23 February 1999 – 20 May 2024
ConstituencyTehran Province
Majority1,321,130 (29.35%)
In office
15 August 1983[4] – 22 February 1999
ConstituencyKhuzestan Province
Member of the Guardian Council
Assumed office
20 February 1980[5]
Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
Ali Khamenei
Personal details
Born (1927-02-23) 23 February 1927 (age 97)[6]
Isfahan, Imperial State of Persia
Political partyCombatant Clergy Association
Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom[7]
Spouse(s)Unnamed (divorced)
Sediqeh Mazaheri (1947–2015; her death)
Unnamed (2017–2023)[8]
Children4, including Ali
ResidenceTehran, Iran
ProfessionPolitician, cleric

Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati (born 23 February 1927) is an Iranian politician and cleric. He has been the secretary of the Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran since 1988. He is the oldest Iranian official currently in power and one of the oldest living clerics.[9][10]

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  1. اعتراف جنتی: سرکوب کردیم، نابود نشدند (in Persian). Rooz Online. Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  2. ائمه جمعه تهران؛ از حضوری ۳ هفته‌ای تا ۴۲۴ حضور (in Persian). Fars News Agency. Archived from the original on 29 September 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  3. موافقت با کناره‌گیری آیت الله جنتی از امامت جمعه تهران
  4. "1982 Assembly of Experts Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, archived from the original on 19 October 2015, retrieved 10 August 2015
  5. همه چیز درباره آیت الله احمد جنتی (in Persian). Iranian Students' News Agency. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  6. "Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati".
  7. سايت اطلاع رساني شوراي نگهبان/آيت الله احمد جنتي (in Persian). Guardian Council. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  8. همسر آیت‌الله جنتی درگذشت (in Persian)
  9. Dagres, Holly (2022-07-19). "Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati may outlive all of us—even the Angel of Death". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  10. "97-Year-Old Iranian Cleric To Serve 32nd Year In Key Office". Iran International. 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-03-28.