Chief Justice of Iran
| Chief Justice of Iran | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of Iran | |
| Style | Honorable Chief Justice (formal) |
| Appointer | Supreme Leader of Iran[1] |
| Term length | 5 years, renewable once |
| Inaugural holder | Mehdi Sajjadian |
| Website | Official website |
The Chief Justice of Iran is the head of the Judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Chief Justice is also the highest judge of the Supreme Court of Iran.
The Chief Justice can serve for two five-year terms.
List of Chief Justices since 1979
[change | change source]| No. | Chief (Birth–Death) |
Picture | Took office | Left office | Political Party | appointer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mehdi Sajjadian[2] (?–2002) |
|
4 April 1979 | 23 February 1980 | None | Asadollah Mobasheri | |
| 2 | Mohammad Beheshti (1928–1981) |
|
23 February 1980 | 28 June 1981 (assassinated) |
Islamic Republican Party | Ruhollah Khomeini | |
| 3 | Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili (1926–2016) |
|
28 June 1981 | 15 August 1989 | Islamic Republican Party | ||
| 4 | Mohammad Yazdi (1931–2020) |
|
15 August 1989 | 14 August 1999 | Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom | Ali Khamenei | |
| Combatant Clergy Association | |||||||
| 5 | Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (1948–2018) |
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14 August 1999 | 14 August 2009 | Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom | ||
| 6 | Sadeq Larijani (1961–) |
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14 August 2009 | 7 March 2019 | Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom | ||
| Combatant Clergy Association | |||||||
| 7 | Ebrahim Raisi (1960–2024) |
|
7 March 2019 | 1 July 2021 | Combatant Clergy Association | ||
| 8 | Gholam-Hosseini Mohseni-Eje'i (1956–) |
|
1 July 2021 | Incumbent | Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom | ||
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Appointment of Hojjat-ul-Islam and Muslims Seyyed Ibrahim Ra'isi as head of the Judiciary". Official Ali Khamenei website. Archived from the original on 30 Oct 2020.
- ↑ * Amin, Seyyed Hassan (1385). "Naser Yeganeh: The last head of the supreme court of Pahlavi regime (Naser Yeganeh: Akherin ra'is-e divan-e Ali-ye Keshvar-e rezhim-e Pahlavi)". Hafez (in Persian). 38 (38): 22–23. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
