1939 - Today
Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Persian: علی حسینی خامنهای, romanized: ʼAlī Ḥosaynī Khāmeneʼī, pronounced [ʔæˈliː hosejˈniː xɒːmeneˈʔiː] (listen); born 19 April 1939) is a Twelver Shia marja' and the second and current supreme leader of Iran, in office since 1989. Previously he served as the third president of Iran from 1981 to 1989. Khamenei is the longest serving head of state in the Middle East, as well as the second-longest serving Iranian leader of the last century, after Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.According to his official website, Khamenei was arrested six times before being sent into exile for three years during Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's reign. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Khamenei has received more than 8,517,664 page views. His biography is available in 93 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2019). Ali Khamenei is the 441st most popular politician (down from 337th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Iran (down from 17th in 2019) and the 8th 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, Ali Khamenei ranks 441 out of 15,577. Before him are Horemheb, Moon Jae-in, James II of England, António Guterres, William III of England, and Louis VII of France. After him are Feodor I of Russia, Clara Zetkin, Emperor Gaozu of Han, George I of Great Britain, Vitellius, and Miklós Horthy.
1319 BC - 1292 BC
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 435
1953 - Present
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 436
1633 - 1701
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 437
1949 - Present
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 438
1650 - 1702
HPI: 74.02
Rank: 439
1120 - 1180
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 440
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 441
1557 - 1598
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 442
1857 - 1933
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 443
256 BC - 195 BC
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 444
1660 - 1727
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 445
15 - 69
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 446
1868 - 1957
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 447
Among people born in 1939, Ali Khamenei ranks 5. Before him are Terence Hill, Tina Turner, Ian McKellen, and Stanislav Petrov. After him are Francis Ford Coppola, Lee Harvey Oswald, Amanda Lear, Amos Oz, George Lazenby, Harvey Keitel, and Margaret Atwood.
1939 - Present
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 1
1939 - Present
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 2
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 3
1939 - 2017
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 5
1939 - Present
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 6
1939 - 1963
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 7
1939 - Present
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 8
1939 - 2018
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 9
1939 - Present
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 10
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 11
1939 - Present
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 12
Among people born in Iran, Ali Khamenei ranks 18 out of 528. Before him are Jabir ibn Hayyan (721), Esther (-600), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), and Ulugh Beg (1394). After him are Hafez (1325), Abu Nuwas (762), Nader Shah (1688), Tahmasp I (1514), Tughril (990), and Mansur Al-Hallaj (858).
721 - 815
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 12
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 13
1050 - 1124
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 14
550 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 15
1055 - 1092
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 16
1394 - 1449
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 17
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 18
1325 - 1389
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 19
762 - 814
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 20
1688 - 1747
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 21
1514 - 1576
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 22
990 - 1063
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 23
858 - 922
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 24
Among politicians born in Iran, Ali Khamenei ranks 8. Before him are Xerxes I (-519), Darius III (-380), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919), Harun al-Rashid (766), Cambyses II (-550), and Malik-Shah I (1055). After him are Nader Shah (1688), Tahmasp I (1514), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Khosrow I (501), Darius II (-475), and Reza Shah (1878).
519 BC - 475 BC
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 2
380 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 3
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 4
766 - 809
HPI: 77.58
Rank: 5
550 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 6
1055 - 1092
HPI: 74.70
Rank: 7
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.01
Rank: 8
1688 - 1747
HPI: 73.32
Rank: 9
1514 - 1576
HPI: 73.28
Rank: 10
1018 - 1092
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 11
501 - 579
HPI: 72.33
Rank: 12
475 BC - 404 BC
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 13
1878 - 1944
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 14