Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei

Sheikh Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei Persian: شیخ محمدهادی عبدخدایی, (born 28 July 1938) is an Iranian Ayatollah[5] He is currently a member of the Fifth term of the Assembly of Experts.[6] He was previously the 11th Ambassador of Iran to the Vatican,[7] and also served in the Iranian Parliament for 3 terms.[8]

Ayatollah Sheikh
Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei
آیت الله شیخ محمدهادی عبدخدایی
Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei attending a conference in 2019.
Member of the first term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.
In office
28 May 1980 – 27 May 1984
ConstituencyRazavi Khorasan Province
Member of the second term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.
In office
28 May 1984 – 27 May 1988
ConstituencyRazavi Khorasan Province
Majority340,293 (44.2%)[1]
Member of the fourth term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly.
In office
28 May 1992 – 26 May 1996
ConstituencyRazavi Khorasan Province
Majority340,293 (44.2%) [1]
The 11th Amabassador to the Holy See.
In office
05 May 1997 [2] – 22 January 2001 [3]
PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Khatami
Preceded byMohammad Masjed Jamei
Succeeded byMostafa Boroujerdi
Member of the Fifth term of Assembly of Experts
Assumed office
24 May 2016
Preceded byAli Asghar Masoumi Shahroudi
ConstituencyRazavi Khorasan Province
Majority873,143 (31.4%) [4]
محمدهادی عبدخدایی
Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei
TitleAyatollah
Personal
Born (1938-07-28) 28 July 1938
Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran
ReligionIslam
NationalityIranian
Parent
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
Political partyFada'iyan-e Islam
Alma materQom Hawza
University of Tehran
Khorasan Seminary
RelativesMohammad-Mehdi Abdekhodaei brother

Biography

Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei was born on July 28, 1938, in Mashhad, Iran. He was born into a religious family, as his father Gholam Hossein Tabrizi was a well known Ayatollah. He attained Ijtihad in Qom Hawza, afterwards he obtained his doctorate from University of Tehran in Philosophy.[9] After the 1979 Iranian revolution, he was elected by the people of Razavi Khorasan to represent them in the Iranian Parliament. He was elected 3 separate times, the first term, second term, and the fourth term. He was also chosen to be the Ambassador of Iran to the Holy See, where he was awarded the Order of Merit and Virtue by Pope John Paul II.[10] He is also fluent in Farsi, Arabic, English and Italian.[11] Currently he serves as the representative of the people of Razavi Khorasan in the Assembly of Experts. He has held that role since the 2016 Iranian Assembly of Experts election.[12]

Works

See also

References
  1. "Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei – Portal". rc.majlis.ir (in Persian). Islamic Republic Majlis. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  2. "POPE JOHN PAUL II Letter to Mohammad-Hadi". www.vatican.va. vatican. 1997-05-24. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. "Letter from Pope to New Ambassador". www.vatican.va. vatican. 2001-01-22. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  4. "The names of the elected candidates of Razavi Khorasan Province". mehrnews.com (in Persian). Mehr News. 2016-02-28. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  5. "صفحه اصلی محقق – محمد هادی عبدخدائی". prof.miu.ac.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  6. "2016 Assembly of Experts Election | Iran Data Portal". Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  7. "POPE JOHN PAUL II Letter to Mohammad-Hadi". www.vatican.va. vatican. 1997-05-24. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  8. "Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei – Portal". rc.majlis.ir (in Persian). Islamic Republic Majlis. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  9. "Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei – A biography". rasekhoon.net (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  10. "آیت الله عبدخدایی: پشتیانی از ولایت فقیه مهم‌ترین وظیفه خبرگان رهبری است". snn.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  11. "زندگینامه – پایگاه اطلاع رسانی آیت الله دکتر محمدهادی عبدخدایی" (in Persian). 2020-01-28. Archived from the original on 2020-01-28. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
  12. "عبدخدایی ، محمدهادی". majlesekhobregan.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 2022-06-22.


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