Parvin Djoneidi
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Parvin Djoneidi | |
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| NSA member | Dahomey, Togo & Niger 1970 - 1975 Niger 1975 - ???? |
| Counsellor | Africa 1990 - 2000 |
Parvin Djoneidi is a Bahá’í who served as a National Spiritual Assembly member and Continental Counselor in Africa.
Background[edit]
Djoneidi pioneered to Africa at some point settling in Niger,[1] and in 1970 she was elected to the National Spiritual Assembly of Dahomey, Togo, and Niger when it was established.[2] In 1975 an independent National Spiritual Assembly of Niger was established and Djoneidi was elected to the body and attended the Fourth International Convention in the Holy Land in 1978 as a member of it.[3]
In 1990 the Universal House of Justice appointed Djoeneidi as a Counselor for Africa for a five year term and she was appointed for a second term in 1995.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ Suzanne Schuurman, Legacy of Courage, George Ronald: Oxford, 2008, Chapter 25
- ↑ Baha'i News (1970). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 472, Pg(s) 8. View as PDF.
- ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1981). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 17 (1976-1979), Pg(s) 294. View as PDF.
- ↑ 25 October 1990 message from the Universal House of Justice to the Bahá’ís of the World
