Sadiq Larijani

Ayatollah Sadiq Larijani
صادق لاریجانی
Larijani in 2017
Chairman of Expediency Discernment Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 December 2018
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Preceded by	Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Chief Justice of Iran
In office 14 August 2009 – 7 March 2019
Appointed by	Ali Khamenei
Deputy	Ebrahim Raisi Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i
Preceded by	Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi
Succeeded by	Ebrahim Raisi
Member of the Assembly of Experts
In office 23 February 1999 – 20 May 2024
Constituency	Mazandaran Province
Majority	682,817
Personal details
Born	Sadiq Ardashir Larijani (1963-03-12) 12 March 1963 (age 62) Najaf, Iraqi Republic
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom
Parent	Hashim Larijani (father)[1]
Relatives	Larijani family
Alma mater	Qom Seminary

Sadiq Ardashir Larijani^[a] (born 12 March 1963) is an Iranian cleric and politician who currently serves as the chairman of Expediency Discernment Council since 2018. He previously served as the sixth chief justice of Iran from 2009 to 2019.

Born in Najaf, Iraq, to the Larijani family, Sadiq Larijani began his seminary studies in Qom. Larijani served as one of the 12 members of the Guardian Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran for eight years. He was appointed head of the judicial system of Iran by supreme leader Ali Khamenei in 2009.

Larijani is one of the closest aides of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and has been regarded by many commentators as one of the four potential successors to Khamenei, along with the latter's son Mojtaba Khamenei, Khamenei's aide Mohsen Araki and Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Ruhollah Khomeini.^[2][3]

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