Zaynolabideen Ghorbani
Ayatollah Sheikh Zaynolabideen Ghorbani | |
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| آیت الله شیخ زینالعابدین قربانی | |
Ayatollah Ghorbani during the Closing Ceremony of the 17th Meeting of the Assembly of Experts in the Fourth term. | |
| Representative of the Supreme Leader. | |
| In office 16 July 1979 – 3 April 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Succeeded by | Rasool Falahati |
| Constituency | Gilan Province |
| Friday Prayer Leader in Lahijan | |
| In office 5 November 1979 – 8 July 2001 | |
| Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Preceded by | Office Created |
| Constituency | Gilan |
| Member of the Second Term of the Islamic Consultative Assembly. | |
| In office 15 April 1984 – 8 April 1988 | |
| Constituency | (Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh) - Gilan Province |
| Majority | 23,118 Votes (62.70%) |
| Friday Prayer Leader in Rasht | |
| In office 8 July 2001 – 3 April 2018 | |
| Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
| Preceded by | Sadeq Ehsanbakhsh |
| Succeeded by | Rasool Falahati |
| Constituency | Gilan |
| Member of the Second, Third, Fourth, and Fifth terms of the Assembly of Experts. | |
| In office 8 October 1990 – 21 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Sadeq Ehsanbakhsh |
| Constituency | Gilan Province |
زینالعابدین قربانی | |
| Title | Ayatollah |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1933 (age 91–92) |
| Nationality | Iranian |
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| Alma mater | Qom Hawza |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Founder of | Islamic Azad University, Lahijan Branch |
| Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia Islam |
Sheikh Zaynolabideen Ghorbani Persian: شیخ زینالعابدین قربانی, (born 1933) is an Iranian Ayatollah. He represented the Supreme Leader of Iran for Gilan Province, as well as leading prayers in Lahijan and Rasht. He represented the people in Gilan for both the Assembly of Experts (from 1990 to 2024), and Islamic Consultative Assembly (from 1984 to 1988).