Ali Khamenei | |
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![]() Khamenei in 2024 | |
2nd Supreme Leader of Iran | |
Assumed office 4 June 1989 | |
President | |
Preceded by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
3rd President of Iran | |
In office 9 October 1981 – 16 August 1989[1] | |
Prime Minister | Mir-Hossein Mousavi |
Supreme Leader | Ruhollah Khomeini Himself |
Preceded by | Mohammad-Ali Rajai |
Succeeded by | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
Personal details | |
Born | Mashhad , Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran ![]() | July 17, 1939
Political party | Islamic Republic Party (when president) |
Ali Hosseini Khamenei (علی حسینی خامنهای;`Ali Ḥusaynī Khaminayī; born 19 April 1939)[2][3][4] or Ali Khaminayi is the current Supreme Leader of Iran. 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.