Ali Khamenei

About

World leader who served as the President of Iran from 1981 until 1989 and became the Supreme Leader of Iran in 1989. He was selected number 21 on the Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People in 2012.  

Before Fame

He took religious classes as a child at the rudimentary and took advanced levels in the hawza of Mashhad. 

Trivia

He founded the Islamic Republic Party in 1979. He was the second Supreme Leader of the nation. 

Family Life

He married Khojaste Bagherzadeh in 1964 and they had six children. 

Associated With

Like him, Mohammad Mosaddegh was the Prime Minister of Iran.