Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989
Ali Khamenei (سید علی حسینی خامنهای;`Ali Ḥusaynī Khaminayī; born 19 April 1939)[5][6][7] or simply Ali Khamenei is an Iranian Shia cleric 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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علی خامنهای | |
 Khamenei in 2024 | |
| 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran | |
| Assumed office 16 August 1989 Acting: 3 June – 16 August 1989 | |
| President |
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| 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) | |
| Children | 6, including Mostafa, Mojtaba, and Masoud[4] |
| Parents |
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| Education |
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| Website | english |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Iran |
| Branch/service |  Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces |
| Years of service | 1981–present |
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| Commands | Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces (since 1989) |
| Battles/wars | |
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]
References
change- ↑ "1982 Assembly of Experts Election", The Iran Social Science Data Portal, Princeton University, archived from the original on 19 October 2015, retrieved 10 August 2015
- ↑ "چه کسی در نخستین انتخابات خبرگان اول شد؟ +جدول". 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017.
- ↑ "Parliament members" (in Persian). Iranian Majlis. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
- ↑ Kazemzadeh, Masoud (n.d.). "Ayatollah Khamenei's Foreign Policy Orientation". Comparative Strategy. 32 (5): 443–458. doi:10.1080/01495933.2013.840208. eISSN 1521-0448. ISSN 0149-5933. S2CID 153558136.
- ↑ "Detailed biography of Ayatollah Khamenei, Leader of Islamic Revolution". Khamenei.ir. 23 September 2013.
- ↑ "The Office of the Supreme Leader, Sayyid Ali Khamenei". Archived from the original on 2009-06-18. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
- ↑ "Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei".
- ↑ "The Supreme Leader – The Iran Primer". 2 October 2010. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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