Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: سید علی حسینی خامنه ای, romanized: ʿAlī Ḥusaynī Khāminahāī; born 19 April 1939)[5][6][7] is an Iranian Islamic scholar and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. Khamenei is the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East. He was the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 until the death of Ruhollah Khomeini.
Ali Khamenei | |
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سید علی حسینی خامنه ای | |
2nd Supreme Leader of Iran | |
Assumed office 16 August 1989 Acting: 3 June – 16 August 1989 | |
President | |
Preceded by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
3rd President of Iran | |
In office 9 October 1981 – 16 August 1989 | |
Supreme Leader |
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Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
Preceded by | Mohammad-Ali Rajai |
Succeeded by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
1st Chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council | |
In office 7 February 1988 – 4 June 1989 | |
Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
In office 15 August 1983 – 4 June 1989 | |
Constituency | Tehran Province[1] |
Majority | 2,800,353 (87.8%)[2] |
Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly | |
In office 28 May 1980 – 13 October 1981 | |
Constituency | Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat |
Majority | 1,405,976 (65.8%)[3] |
3rd Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam | |
Assumed office 14 January 1980 | |
Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
Preceded by | Hussein-Ali Montazeri |
Personal details | |
Born | Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khameneh 19 April 1939 Mashhad, Khorasan, Imperial State of Iran |
Political party | Independent (since 1989) |
Other political affiliations |
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Spouse(s) |
Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh
(m. 1964) |
Children | 6, including Mostafa, Mojtaba, and Masoud[4] |
Parents |
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Education |
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Signature | |
Website | khamenei.ir |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Iran |
Branch/service | Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces |
Years of service | 1981–present |
Rank | |
Commands | Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces (since 1989) |
Battles/wars |
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Khamenei is the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East, as well as the second-longest-serving Iranian leader of the last century, after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[8]
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