Chief Justice of Iran
highest judicial power authority
The Chief Justice of Iran is the head of the Judicial system of the Islamic Republic 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 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| № | 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) |
14 August 1999 | 14 August 2009 | Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom | |||
| 6 | Sadeq Larijani (1961–) |
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- ↑ "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.