Mohammad-Ali Mousavi Jazayeri | |
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| Member of the Assembly of Experts[1][2][3][4] | |
| Assumed office 21 May 2024 | |
| Constituency | Tehran province |
| Majority | 718,680 |
| In office 15 August 1983 – 21 May 2024 | |
| Constituency | Khuzestan province[5][6][7] |
| Majority | 783,004 (39.28%) |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution | |
| In office 15 August 1979 – 15 November 1979 | |
| Constituency | Khuzestan province |
| Majority | 313,118 (17.8%) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1941 (age 83–84) |
| Political party | Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom |
AyatollahSayyidMohammad-Ali Mousavi Jazayeri (Persian:محمدعلی موسوی جزایری) (born 1941) is an IranianTwelverShiacleric,[8] who was the representative ofVali-Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist) inKhuzestan province from 1983 to 2019. He was elected by the order ofSayyid Ruhollah Khomeini, who was the previousSupreme Leader of Iran.[9]
He was born inShushtar,Khuzestan province,Iran.[10] He descends fromNematollah Jazayeri as a prominent Shia scholar.[11] Muhammad Ali Mousavi Jazayeri has studied in seminaries ofQom,Iran underGrand AyatollahRuhollah Khomeini andMohammad Ali Araki; and also in seminaries ofNajaf,Iraq underGrand AyatollahAbu al-Qasim al-Khoei.[12][13][14]
Meanwhile, Ayatollah Mousavi Jazayeri was considered as (the permanent)Imam al-Jom'ah ofAhvaz beside other (temporary) Imams of Jom'ah of Ahvaz, including:
Among his (most important) scholarly works are as follows:
