Seyyed Fazlollah Mousavi, Lawyer

Name	Seyyed Fazlollah
Family name	Mousavi
Father’s name	Hossein
Date of birth	1953
Date of death	Alive
Place of birth	Isfahan-Isfahan
Education	Bachelor of Judicial Law / Master of Private Law and PhD of International Law
Place of education	Tehran University / Liverpool England
Type of membership	Lawyer
Entering year	2016
Age at entry to council	63 years old
Duration of term	3 years
Period	Seventh
Post	No Position

Seyyed Fazlollah Mousavi (سید فضل‌الله موسوی) graduated with a master’s degree in private law at University of Tehran. Arseh Sevom could not locate any information about his activities during the revolution. During the Iran war with Iraq, he was in the UK studying English literature and labor law. In 1991 Mousavi successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis and became a member of the Scientific Board of Tehran University.

In addition to teaching at Tehran University, in 1994 Mousavi became the Educational Deputy and Postgraduate Supervisor of the Law Faculty at Tehran University.

In 2002, Mousavi became a member of the Legal Committee of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution and of the International Law Commission of the Supreme Council of Judicial Development. His connections to the Judiciary brought him closer to power.

From 2004-2008, Mousavi served as a Principlist parliamentarian for the Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat, Eslamshahr and Pardis constituency. He later joined the legal team of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who was then president. Ahmadinejad appointed him to a seat on the committee to monitor the implementation of constitutional law for elections. Mousavi also became head of the legal committee at the development office of the Research and Technology Sciences Ministry under Farhad Rahbar, then chancellor of Tehran University.

Despite (or because of) his close personal connection with Ahmadinejad, Mousavi was appointed by Ahmad Jannati to the Central Board for Presidential Election Monitoring in 2009.

Fazlollah Mousavi failed to get a vote of confidence from the parliament in 2003. In 2016, Mousavi was recommended for a seat in the Guardian Council by then head of the Judiciary Sadegh Larijani. This time, the vote was in his favor.

Background:

Lawyer member of Guardian Council
Chairman of the Legal Commission of Headquarters of the Comprehensive Scientific Map of the Country at Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution
Member of Monitoring Implementation of Constitutional Law
Parliamentarian representing Tehran
Vice-Chairman of the Legal and Judicial Commission of the Seventh Parliament
Member of Friendship Alliance of Iran and Palestine
Member of Friendship Alliance of Parliaments of Iran and Finland
Chairman of the Legal Committee of the Development Ministry of Research and Technology (Ahmadinejad administration)
Member of Election Monitoring Boards of the Parliament and the Assembly of Experts in 2009 Elections
Member of International Law Commission and Supreme Council of Judicial Development dependent on the Judiciary
Jury Member of the Press Court
Legal Committee of Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution
Chair of Law Faculty of University of Tehran

Read the full profile in Persian: سید فضل‌الله موسوی