Imam Khamenei
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Grand Ayatollah, Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei |
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| 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran | |
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Assumed office 4 June 1989 |
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| President | |
| Preceded by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
| 3rd President of Iran | |
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In office 13 October 1981 – 3 August 1989 |
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| Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
| Supreme Leader | Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Preceded by | Mohammad-Ali Rajai |
| Succeeded by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| Member of the Assembly of Experts | |
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In office 15 August 1983 – 21 February 1991 |
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| Constituency | Tehran Province |
| Majority | 2,800,353 (87.8%) |
| Member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly | |
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In office 28 May 1980 – 13 October 1981 |
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| Constituency | Tehran, Rey and Shemiranat |
| Majority | 1,405,976 (65.8%) |
| Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam | |
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Assumed office 14 January 1980 |
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| Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
| Interim Imams | |
| Preceded by | Hussein-Ali Montazeri |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Sayyed Ali Hosseini Khameneh 17 July 1939 Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran |
| Political party | Independent |
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| Spouse(s) | Khojaste Bagherzadeh (m. 1964) |
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| Relatives | Hadi Khamenei (brother) |
| Residence | House of Leadership |
| Alma mater | Qom Seminary |
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| Website | english |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps |
| Years of service | 1979–1980 |
| Commands | Head of Revolutionary Guards |
Sayyid Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: سید علی حسینی خامنهای pronounced [ʔæˈliː hoseiˈniː χɒːmeneˈʔiː] (
listen); born 17 July 1939) is a marja and the second and current Supreme Leader of Iran. Khamenei then went to serve as the third President of Iran from 1981 to 1989 while becoming a close ally to Khomeini. Eventually, after Khomeini had a fall off with then heir-apparent Hussein Ali Montazeri, Rafsanjani claimed that Khomeini had chosen Khamenei as his successor while the Assembly of Experts deliberated to elect the next Supreme Leader. Khamenei succeeded the first Supreme Leader, Ruhollah Khomeini, after Khomeini's death, being elected as the new Supreme Leader by the Assembly of Experts on 4 June 1989 at the age of 49. Khamenei is head of the servants of Astan Quds Razavi from April 14, 1979.
According to his official website, Khamenei was arrested six times before being sent into exile for three years during Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's reign. Khamenei was the target of an attempted assassination in June 1981 that paralysed his right arm.
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