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 byRuhollah Khomeini
Preceded byMohammad Beheshti
Succeeded byMohammad Yazdi
Attorney-General of Iran
In office
23 February 1980  28 June 1981
Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
Preceded byFathollah Banisadr
Succeeded byMohammad-Mehdi Rabbani Amlashi
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office
15 August 1983  1 December 1991
ConstituencyTehran Province
Personal details
Born(1926-01-28)28 January 1926
Ardabil, Iran
Died23 November 2016(2016-11-23) (aged 90)
Tehran, Iran
Resting placeFatima Masumeh Shrine, Qom
Political partyAssembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers
Other political
affiliations
Islamic Republican Party
Alma materQom Seminary
WebsiteOfficial 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.