Ali Khamenei
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‘Alî Hosaynî Khâmene’î
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Supreme Leader of Iran
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 June 1989
President
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Mohammad Khatami
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Preceded by
Ruhollah Khomeini
President of Iran
In office
2 October 1981 – 2 August 1989
Leader
Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Succeeded by
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Born
17 July 1939 (1939-07-17) (age 68)
Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Political party
CCA
IRP
Religion
Shia Islam
Grand Âyatollâh Seyyed ‘Alî Hosaynî Khâmene’î (Persian pronunciation) (help·info) (Persian: ???????? ??? ??? ????? ????????, pronounced [??jatol?h sejed ?ali hosejni x?mene?i]) (born 17 July 1939), also known as Seyyed Ali Khamene'i,[1] has been Supreme Leader of Iran since 1989 and before that was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989.