What is Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili<br />{{lang|fa|عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی}} | title = | image =آیت الله موسوی اردبیلی در آخرین روزهای عمر خود در قم.jpg | birth_date = 28 January 1926 | birth_place = [[Ardebil]], [[Imperial State of Iran|Iran]] | death_date = 23 November 2016 (age 90) | death_place = Tehran | order = [[Chief Justice of Iran]] |appointer = [[Ruhollah Khomeini]] | term_start = 28 June 1981 | term_end = 30 June 1989 | predecessor = [[Mohammad Beheshti]] | successor = [[Mohammad Yazdi]] | order2= [[Assembly of Experts|Member of the Assembly of Experts]] | term_start2= 5 November 1979 | term_end2 = 1 December 1991 | predecessor2 = | successor2 = [[Reza Ostadi]] | party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] | otherparty = [[Islamic Republican Party]]<ref name=jplaw>{{cite journal|last=Asayesh|first=Hossein|author2=Adlina Ab. Halim|author3=Jayum A. Jawan |author4=Seyedeh Nosrat Shojaei|title=Political Party in Islamic Republic of Iran: A Review|journal=Journal of Politics and Law|date=March 2011|volume=4|issue=1|doi=10.5539/jpl.v4n1p221|url=http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jpl/article/view/9606/6898|access-date=29 July 2013}}</ref> | alma_mater = | occupation = | nationality = [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] }} '''Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili''' ({{lang-fa|عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی}}; January 28, 1926 - November 23, 2016) was an [[Iran]]ian [[politician]] and [[Muslim]] leader. He served as the head of legal system of Iran for about 8 years after terror of Dr. Beheshti until death of Khomeini. He was a [[Marja'|marja]] of the [[Twelver]] branch of [[Shia Islam]]. He was born in [[Ardabil]]. He died in Tehran on 23 November 2016. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mousavi Ardebili, Abdul-Karim}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Chief Justices of Iran]]