Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili

Sayyid Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili
سید عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی
Mousavi Ardebili in 2015
Chief Justice of Iran Head of Supreme Court of Iran
In office 28 June 1981 – 15 August 1989
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Mohammad Beheshti
Succeeded by	Mohammad Yazdi
Attorney-General of Iran
In office 23 February 1980 – 28 June 1981
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Fathollah Banisadr
Succeeded by	Mohammad-Mehdi Rabbani Amlashi
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office 15 August 1983 – 1 December 1991
Constituency	Tehran Province
Personal details
Born	(1926-01-28)28 January 1926 Ardabil, Iran
Died	23 November 2016(2016-11-23) (aged 90) Tehran, Iran
Political party	Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers
Other political affiliations	Islamic Republican Party
Alma mater	Qom Seminary
Website	Official website

Sayyid Abdolkarim Mousavi Ardebili (Persian: سید عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی, 28 January 1926 – 23 November 2016) was an Iranian reformist politician and Twelver shi'a marja.

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

• Is the Ayatullah a Heretic?, Time, Monday, 28 April 1980