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Ali Khamenei

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Ali Hosseini Khamenei (born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian cleric and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989. His tenure as supreme leader, spanning 36 years, makes him the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East and the second-longest-serving Iranian leader of the 20th and 21st centuries, after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Born in Mashhad to the Khamenei family originating from the town of Khamaneh, East Azerbaijan province, Ali Khamenei studied at a hawza in his hometown, later settling in Qom in 1958 where he attended the classes of Ruhollah Khomeini. Khamenei became involved in opposition to Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the shah of Iran, and was arrested six times before being exiled for three years by the Shah's regime. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Khamenei is the 304th most popular politician (down from 194th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Iran (down from 8th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iranian Politician.

Ali Khamenei is the current Supreme Leader of Iran. He became Supreme Leader in 1989 after the death of his predecessor, Ruhollah Khomeini.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ali Khamenei ranks 304 out of 19,576. Before him are Wangari Maathai, Balian of Ibelin, Rudolf Hess, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Güyük Khan, and Constantine XI Palaiologos. After him are Anwar Sadat, Philip I of Castile, Hu Jintao, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Alexander III of Russia, and Park Chung-hee.

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Among people born in 1939, Ali Khamenei ranks 1. After him are Marvin Gaye, Terence Hill, Tina Turner, Francis Ford Coppola, Ian McKellen, Lee Harvey Oswald, Stanislav Petrov, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Peter Grünberg, Giovanni Trapattoni, and Amos Oz.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ali Khamenei ranks 12 out of 631. Before him are Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Abu Nuwas (762), Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), Harun al-Rashid (766), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), and Darius III (-380). After him are Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Esther (-600), Hafez (1325), Ismail I (1487), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), and Ulugh Beg (1394).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Ali Khamenei ranks 6. Before him are Xerxes I (-519), Cyrus the Great (-600), Harun al-Rashid (766), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), and Darius III (-380). After him are Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Xerxes II of Persia (-500), Tahmasp I (1514), Khosrow I (501), and Nader Shah (1688).

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