Ali Larijani


Ali Larijani
AllegianceIran
Service / branchRevolutionary Guards
Years of service1981–1993
RankBrigadier general[1]
Battles / warsIran–Iraq War
5th Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
In office
5 June 2008 – 28 May 2020
Acting: 28 May–4 June 2008;[2] 28–31 May 2012; 29–30 May 2016[3]
DeputyMohammad-Reza Bahonar
Hassan Aboutorabi
Masoud Pezeshkian
Preceded byGholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
Succeeded byMohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
In office
28 May 2008 – 28 May 2020
ConstituencyQom
Majority270,382 (%65.17)
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
Member of Expediency Discernment Council
Assumed office
28 May 2020
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanSadeq Larijani
Preceded byMohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
In office
17 March 1997 – 28 May 2008
Appointed byAli Khamenei
ChairmanAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance
In office
11 August 1992 – 15 February 1994
Acting: 16 July–11 August 1992[4]
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[5]
Preceded byMohammad Hashemi
Succeeded byEzzatollah Zarghami
In office
14 February 1981 – July 1981[6]
Appointed bySupervisory council
Preceded byAli Akbar Mohtashamipur and Abdollah Nouri (Co-caretakers)
Succeeded byMohammad Hashemi
Personal details
Born
Ali Ardashir Larijani

(1958-06-03) 3 June 1958 (age 66)[citation needed]
Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq
(now Iraq)
NationalityIranian
Political partyIslamic Coalition Party (1990s)
Other political
affiliations
Parliamentary groups
SpouseFarideh Motahhari
Children4
ParentMirza Hashem Amoli (father)[7]
Relatives
Alma materAryamehr University of Technology
University of Tehran
Signature
WebsiteOfficial website
Academic background
Thesis
Doctoral advisorGholam-Ali Haddad-Adel
Other advisorsKarim Mojtahedi
InfluencesImmanuel Kant[8]
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
InstitutionsUniversity of Tehran

Ali Ardeshir Larijani (Persian: علی لاریجانی, Persian pronunciation: [æliː-e lɒːɾiːdʒɒːniː]; born 3 June 1958[citation needed]) is an Iranian (Born in Kingdom of Iraq) moderate politician, philosopher and former military officer in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Iran from 2008 to 2020.[9] He has been a member of the Expediency Discernment Council since 2020, having previously served from 1997 to 2008. Larijani is a candidate for president of Iran in the 2024 presidential election. He previously ran in 2005, but was disqualified from running in 2021.

Larijani was the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council from 15 August 2005 to 20 October 2007, appointed to the position by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,[10] replacing Hassan Rouhani. Acceptance of Larijani's resignation from the secretary position was announced on 20 October 2007 by Gholam-Hossein Elham, the Iranian government's spokesman, mentioning that President Ahmadinejad turned down his previous resignations.[11]

Larijani was one of the two representatives of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ali Khamenei to the council, the other being Hassan Rouhani.[12] In his post as secretary, he effectively functioned as the top negotiator on issues of national security, including Iran's nuclear program. He is also the current member of Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "علی لاریجانی رئیس موقت مجلس نهم ایران شد". BBC Persian. 28 May 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  3. ^ "علی لاریجانی رئیس مجلس ایران شد". BBC Persian. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  4. ^ "All ministers of the 30 years" (in Persian). Khabar Online. 15 August 2009. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  5. ^ "انتصاب دکتر علی لاریجانی به‌ ریاست سازمان‌ صدا و سیما". Khamenei.ir. 13 February 1994. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b c d Marsha B. Cohen (May 2013). "The Brothers Larijani: A sphere of power". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  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]
  10. ^ انتصاب دكتر لاريجاني به عنوان دبير شورايعالي عالي امنيت ملي از سوي رييس جمهور. ISNA (in Persian). Iranians Students News Agency. 15 August 2005. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 21 October 2007.
  11. ^ "Iran's Top Nuclear Negotiator Ali Amoli Larijani Resigns". Fox News. AP. 20 October 2007. Archived from the original on 9 February 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
  12. ^ Frederic Wehrey; Jerrold D. Green; Brian Nichiporuk; Alireza Nader; Lydia Hansell; Rasool Nafisi; S. R. Bohandy (2009). "The Rise of the Pasdaran" (PDF). RAND Corporation. Retrieved 20 August 2013.