Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani | |
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محمدرضا مهدوی کنی | |
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| Chairman of the Assembly of Experts | |
| In office 8 March 2011 – 21 October 2014 | |
| Supreme Leader | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Succeeded by | Mahmoud Shahroudi |
| 44thPrime Minister of Iran | |
| In office 2 September 1981 – 29 October 1981 | |
| President | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Javad Bahonar |
| Succeeded by | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 10 September 1980 – 3 September 1981 Acting: 27 February 1980 – 10 September 1980 | |
| President | Abolhassan Banisadr Mohammad-Ali Rajai |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad-Ali Rajai Mohammad-Javad Bahonar |
| Preceded by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Kamaleddin Nikravesh |
| Secretary of theGuardian Council Acting | |
| In office 22 July 1980 – 17 December 1980 | |
| Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1931-08-06)6 August 1931 |
| Died | 21 October 2014(2014-10-21) (aged 83) |
| Resting place | Shah Abdol-Azim Shrine |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Political party | Combatant Clergy Association |
| Spouse | Nesa Khaton Sorkhei(1960–2014, his death) |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Ali Bagheri(nephew) Mohammad-Bagher Bagheri(older brother) |
| Alma mater | Qom Seminary |
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| Website | mahdavikani.ir |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Iran |
| Years of service | 1979–1982 |
| Commands | Revolutionary Committees |
Mohammad Reza Mahdavi Kani (Persian:محمدرضا مهدوی کنی, 6 August 1931 – 21 October 2014) was an IranianShiacleric, writer andconservative andprinciplist politician who wasPrime Minister of Iran from 2 September until 29 October 1981. Before that, he wasMinister of Interior in the cabinets ofMohammad-Ali Rajai andMohammad-Javad Bahonar. He was the leader ofCombatant Clergy Association andChairman of theAssembly of Experts and also founder and president ofImam Sadiq University.
Mahdavi Kani was born on 6 August 1931[1] in the village ofKan, nearTehran.[2] His father was an Ayatollah and taught in the Mofid School.[3] After he finished basic education in Kan, he studied at Borhan High School in Tehran. He left forQom in 1947 to study at a religious seminary.[2] His teachers included AyatollahRuhollah Khomeini,Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi, Grand AyatollahSeyyed Mohammad Reza Golpayegani, Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Hossein Boroujerdi and Allameh SayyedMuhammad Husayn Tabatabaei.[2]
He came back to Tehran in 1961 to teach religious sciences. In that time, most of clerics participated in protests against ShahMuhammad Reza Pahlavi. Mahdavi Kani joined these clerics and formed alliance with Ayatollah Khomeini.[2]He also was imprisoned by Shah three times.[4]
After the demise ofAyatollah Boroujerdi, Mahdavi Kani went back to Tehran and continued his struggle against thePahlavi regime, something which he had started since he was 18, during the time of Ayatollah Boroujerdi. He was considerably active and effective in his participation in the Islamic movement of Iran led by Khomeini. Before theIslamic Revolution, he was appointed by Khomeini to the Revolutionary Council and later took up various political and religious positions. He was the leader of theCombatant Clergy Association, which he cofounded in 1977.[3] Mahdavi Kani refused to joinIslamic Republican Party in 1979, because he believed clerics should remain non-partisan.[5]
He was appointed chief of the Central Provisional Komiteh for the Islamic Revolution that was a body in charge of trials and executions of the civil and military officials ofthe Pahlavi era.[6]
He served as the minister of interior in the cabinet ofMohammad-Ali Rajai to succeedingAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. He was reappointed as minister of interior in the cabinet ofMohammad-Javad Bahonar. He became the interimprime minister on 2 September 1981 and was in office until 29 October 1981.[7] He was also chairman ofprovisional presidential council, after the assassination of presidentMohammad Ali Rajai and prime ministerMohammad Javad Bahonar. He has also been a member of the Constitutional Amendment Council of Iran, appointed byAyatollah Khomeini, theSupreme Leader of Iran, to review and amend theConstitution of Iran in 1989. He was also elected as member of the assembly in 2008 in a by-election fromTehran.
Mahdavi Kani is the founder and former head ofImam Sadiq University inTehran, a university specializing inhumanities.[2]
He was elected as chairman of theAssembly of Experts on 8 March 2011 afterAli Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani resigned from office.[8] In March 2013, he was reelected to the post for further two years.[8][9]
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Mahdavi Kani was hospitalized for a stroke onRuhollah Khomeini's death anniversary, which brought him to coma on 4 June 2014.[10] He was in coma for more than five months[11] and died on 21 October 2014 at the age of 83.[10] Mahdavi Kani was survived by his three children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Hours after Mahdavi Kani's death, his office announced that his state funeral will be held on 23 October and his body will be buried atShah-Abdol-Azim shrine.[12] IranianPresidentHassan Rouhani also announced twodays of mourning in his memorial.[13]
The following works of Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani are published:[14]
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (acting) | Minister of Interior 1980–1981 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Prime Minister of Iran 1981 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chairman of theAssembly of Experts 2011–2014 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Secretary-General ofCombatant Clergy Association 1981–2014 | Succeeded by |
| Academic offices | ||
| Preceded by | President ofImam Sadiq University 1983–2014 | Succeeded by |
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