Khamenei biography

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    Ali Khamenei


    Ali Khamenei

    Khamenei in 1979

    Incumbent

    Assumed office
    16 August 1989
    Acting: 3 June – 16 August 1989PresidentPreceded byRuhollah KhomeiniIn office
    9 October 1981 – 16 August 1989Supreme Leader
    • Ruhollah Khomeini
    • Himself (Acting)
    Prime MinisterMir-Hossein MousaviPreceded byMohammad-Ali RajaiSucceeded byAkbar Hashemi RafsanjaniIn office
    7 February 1988 – 4 June 1989Appointed byRuhollah KhomeiniPreceded byOffice establishedSucceeded byAkbar Hashemi RafsanjaniIn office
    15 August 1983 – 4 June 1989ConstituencyTehran Province[1]Majority2,800,353 (87.8%)[2]In office
    28 May 1980 – 13 October 1981ConstituencyTehran, Rey and ShemiranatMajority1,405,976 (65.8%)[3]

    Incumbent

    Assumed office
    14 January 1980Appointed byRuhollah KhomeiniPreceded byHussein-Ali MontazeriBorn

    Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khameneh


    (1939-04-19) 19 April 1939 (age 85)
    Mashhad, Khorasan, Imperial State of IranPolitical partyIndependent (since 1989)Other political
    affiliationsSpouse(s)Children6, including Mostafa, Mojtaba, and Masoud[4]

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    Ali Khamenei

    Supreme Head of Persia since 1989

    Not to put in writing confused reduce his forerunner, Ruhollah Khomeini.

    Ali Khamenei

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    Incumbent

    Assumed office
    6 August 1989[nb]
    President
    Preceded byRuhollah Khomeini
    In office
    9 October 1981 – 16 August 1989
    Supreme Leader
    Prime MinisterMir-Hossein Mousavi
    Preceded byMohammad-Ali Rajai
    Succeeded byAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
    In office
    7 February 1988 – 4 June 1989
    Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
    Preceded byOffice established
    Succeeded byAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
    In office
    15 Venerable 1983 – 4 June 1989
    ConstituencyTehran Province[1]
    Majority2,800,353 (87.8%)[2]
    In office
    28 Might 1980 – 13 Oct 1981
    ConstituencyTehran, Rey and Shemiranat
    Majority1,405,976 (65.8%)[3]

    Incumbent

    Assumed office
    14 January 1980
    Appointed byRuhollah Khomeini
    Interim Imams
    Preceded byHussein-Ali Montazeri
    Born

    Ali Hosseini Khameneh[4]


    (1939-04-19) 19 Apr 1939 (age 85)
    Mashhad, Khorasan, Queenlike State asset Iran
    Political partyIndependent (since 1989)
    Other political
    affiliations
    Spouse
    Children6, including

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    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Who is Iran's supreme leader and how powerful is he?

    Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say on all major policies, serves as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and controls the Revolutionary Guard.

    Mr Khamenei was born into a clerical family in 1939 in Iran's second-largest city Mashhad.

    He received a religious education there before turning his attention to political activities against the Shah - the country's royal ruler until the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

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    Mr Khamenei eventually went into exile in the 1960s, only re-emerging after the Shah was overthrown.

    He was a close confidante of the leader who emerged after the revolution - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini - and Mr Khamenei quickly rose through the ranks of government.

    After other key political figures were assassinated - with Mr Khamenei himself targeted in a separate attempt, leaving him paralysed in his right arm - he became president of Iran in an uncontested election.

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    He eventually succeeded Khomeini after his death in 1989, becoming supreme leader.

    Mr Khamenei was appointed by the 88-person Assembly of Experts, whose members are elec

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