"Khamenei" redirects here. Not to be confused with his predecessor,
Ruhollah Khomeini.
Ali Hosseini Khamenei[b] (born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian 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, as well as the second-longest-serving Iranian leader of the last century, after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.[11]
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Ali Khamenei |
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Assumed office
6 August 1989[a] |
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| Preceded by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
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In office
9 October 1981 – 16 August 1989 |
| Supreme Leader | |
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| Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
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| Preceded by | Mohammad-Ali Rajai |
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| Succeeded by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
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In office
7 February 1988 – 4 June 1989 |
| Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
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| Preceded by | Office established |
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| Succeeded by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
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In office
15 August 1983 – 4 June 1989 |
| Constituency | Tehran Province[2] |
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| Majority | 2,800,353 (87.8%)[3] |
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In office
28 May 1980 – 13 October 1981 |
| Constituency | Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat |
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| Majority | 1,405,976 (65.8%)[4] |
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Assumed office
14 January 1980 |
| Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
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| Preceded by | Hussein-Ali Montazeri |
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| Born |
(1939-04-19) 19 April 1939 (age 86)
Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran |
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| Political party | Independent (1989–present) |
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- Islamic Republican Party (1979–1987)
- Combatant Clergy Association (1977–1989)[6]
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| Spouse(s) |
Mansoureh Khojasteh Bagherzadeh
(m. 1964 ) |
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| Children | 6 (including Mostafa, Mojtaba, and Masoud)[7] |
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| Father | Javad Khamenei |
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| Relatives | - Mohammad Khamenei (brother)
- Hadi Khamenei (brother)
- Badri Khamenei (sister)
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| Residence | House of Leadership |
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| Website | english.khamenei.ir |
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| Years of service | 1979–1980, 1980–1981 |
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| Commands | Revolutionary Guards[10] |
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| Religion | Islam |
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| Denomination | Twelver Shiʿa |
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| Jurisprudence | Ja'fari |
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| Creed | Usuli |
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| Main interest(s) | Uṣūl al-Fiqh, Tafsir[8] |
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| Notable idea(s) | Fatwa against nuclear weapons |
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Khamenei speaking at the Hussainiya of Lovers of Karbala in SariRecorded 14 October 1995
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