Ayatollah Khalil Boyukzadeh (Persian: خلیل بیوک‌زاده, called Moravvej Ardabili in Persian: مروج اردبیلی, 18 September 1930 – 16 April 2001)[1][2] was an Iranian Shiite Ayatollah and politician. He was a member of 1st, 2nd and 3rd Assembly of Experts from Ardabil Province electorate, and he was Representative of the Supreme Leader in Ardabil Province and first imam Jumu'ah for Ardabil in northwest of Iran after Iranian Revolution.[3] An annual commemoration ceremony of Moravvej Ardabili is held in Ardabil.[4]

Khalil Boyukzadeh
خلیل بیوک‌زاده
Khalil Boyukzadeh next to Ali Khamenei on his trip to Ardabil, 2000.
Member of Assembly of Experts
In office
1982 – 16 April 2001 (died, replaced by Mir Ebrahim Seyyed Hatami to 2006)
Representative of the Supreme Leader in Ardabil Province and Imam Jumu'ah of Ardabil
In office
1979 – 16 April 2001
Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
Preceded byOffice Created
Succeeded byHassan Ameli
Personal details
Born(1930-09-18)18 September 1930
Ardabil, Iran
Died16 April 2001(2001-04-16) (aged 70)
Ardabil, Iran
Alma materQom Hawza

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References

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  1. ^ "خلیل‌زاده‌ (مروج‌)، بیوک‌ (آیت‌الله‌)". Encyclopedia of the Islamic Revolution and Iranian history. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  2. ^ "ضایعه اسفناک درگذشت آیت الله مروج - The death of Ayatollah Moravej Ardabili". hawzah.net (in Persian). 2009-11-08. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  3. ^ "مراسم نکوداشت آیت الله مروج در اردبیل برگزار می‌شود". Encyclopedia of the Islamic Revolution and Iranian history. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  4. ^ "آئین بزرگداشت آیت‌الله مروج اردبیلی برگزار می‌شود". Tasnim. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
Political offices
Preceded by
Was not appointed
Imam Jumu'ah of Ardabil and Representative of the Supreme Leader
1979- 2001
Succeeded by