Ali Larijani

Ali Larijani
22nd Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
In office
5 June 2008 – 28 May 2020
Acting: 28 May–4 June 2008;[1] 28–31 May 2012; 29–30 May 2016[2]
DeputyMohammad-Reza Bahonar
Hassan Aboutorabi
Masoud Pezeshkian
Preceded byGholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
Succeeded byMohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Secretary of Supreme National Security Council
In office
15 August 2005 – 20 October 2007
PresidentMahmoud Ahmadinejad
DeputyAbdolreza Rahmani Fazli
Preceded byHassan Rouhani
Succeeded bySaeed Jalili
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance
In office
11 August 1992 – 15 February 1994
Acting: 16 July–11 August 1992[3]
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Preceded byMohammad Khatami
Succeeded byMostafa Mir-Salim
Head of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting
In office
13 February 1994 – 23 May 2004
Appointed byAli Khamenei[4]
Preceded byMohammad Hashemi
Succeeded byEzzatollah Zarghami
In office
14 February 1981 – July 1981[5]
Appointed bySupervisory council
Preceded byAli Akbar Mohtashamipur and Abdollah Nouri (Co-caretakers)
Succeeded byMohammad Hashemi
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2020
ConstituencyQom
Majority270,382 (%65.17)
Personal details
Born
Ali Ardashir Larijani

(1957-06-03) 3 June 1957 (age 67)[source?]
Najaf, Karbala Liwa, Kingdom of Iraq
(now Iraq)
NationalityIranian
Political partyIslamic Coalition Party (1990s)
Other political
affiliations
Electoral lists
Parliamentary groups
Spouse(s)Farideh Motahhari
Children4
ParentsMirza Hashem Amoli (father)[6]
Relatives
Alma materAryamehr University of Technology
University of Tehran
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website
Military service
AllegianceIran
Branch/serviceRevolutionary Guards
Years of service1982–1992
RankBrigadier general[7]
Battles/warsIran–Iraq War
Academic background
Thesis
Doctoral advisorGholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
Other academic advisorsKarim Mojtahedi
InfluencesImmanuel Kant[8]
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Tehran

Ali Larijani (Persian: علی لاریجانی, Persian pronunciation: [æliː-e lɒːɾiːdʒɒːniː]; born 3 June 1957) is an Iranian conservative politician, philosopher and former military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran from 2008 until 2020.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "علی لاریجانی رئیس موقت مجلس نهم ایران شد". BBC Persian. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "علی لاریجانی رئیس مجلس ایران شد". BBC Persian. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "All ministers of the 30 years" (in Persian). Khabar Online. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "انتصاب دکتر علی لاریجانی به‌ ریاست سازمان‌ صدا و سیما". Khamenei.ir. 13 February 1994. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Kalantari, Mahboubeh; Qodsi-zadeh, Parvin (2015). "RADIO AND TELEVISION i. Iran". In Haddad-Adel, Gholam-Ali (ed.). Encyclopaedia of the World of Islam (in Persian). Vol. 19. Tehran: Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation. ISBN 978-600-447020-9.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Marsha B. Cohen (May 2013). "The Brothers Larijani: A sphere of power". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. ↑ M. Mahtab Alam Rizvi (2012). "Evaluating the Political and Economic Role of the IRGC". Strategic Analysis. 36 (4): 589. doi:10.1080/09700161.2012.689528. S2CID 153576427. The Majlis speaker, Ali Larijani, was an IRGC brigadier general.
  8. ↑ "Politician Philosophers". Etemad (in Persian). No. 3517. 2 May 2016. p. 8.
  9. ↑ Orla Ryan, "Ahmadinejad rival elected as Iranian speaker", The Guardian, 28 May 2008]