Gholam Ali Safai Bushehri
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Gholam Ali Safai Bushehri | |
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| غلامعلی صفایی بوشهری | |
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| Representative of Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist in Bushehr Province | |
| Imam of Friday Prayer in Bushehr | |
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| Born | 22 March 1959 |
| Alma mater | Qom Hawza |
| Known for | Ayatollah and politician |
Gholam Ali Safai Bushehri (Persian: غلامعلی صفایی بوشهری) (born 22 March 1959 in Bushehr)[1][2] is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric who is the representative of Vali-e-Faqih (Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist) in Bushehr Province, and the Imam of Friday Prayer in Bushehr,[3] who has been appointed to these positions by the decree of Vali-e-Faqih, Seyyed Ali Khamenei—the supreme leader of Iran.[4]
Safai (Safayi) Bushehri was born on 22 March 1959, in the city of Bushehr in a religious family. He graduated from his elementary school in Baqeri School, and was educated at the high school of Sa'adat. This Shia cleric moved to Qom in 1983, and was educated there at Hawzah; and also taught there. Gholam Ali studied for about 17 years. Later on, he went to the school of Dar-al-Shafa', and got married at that time and has two daughters and a son. Safai Bushehri has the record of teaching at Hawzah, etc.[1]