Ruhollah Khomeini

The Grand Ayatollah Sayyid, Imam Ruhollah Khomeini
روح‌الله خمینی
Khomeini in 1938
1st Supreme Leader of Iran
In office 3 December 1979 – 3 June 1989[a]
President	Abolhassan Banisadr Mohammad-Ali Rajai Ali Khamenei
Prime Minister	Mehdi Bazargan Mohammad-Ali Rajai Mohammad-Javad Bahonar Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Mir-Hossein Mousavi
Preceded by	Office established; Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (as Shah of Iran)
Succeeded by	Ali Khamenei
Personal details
Born	Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi (1902-09-24)24 September 1902 Khomeyn, Qajar dynasty
Died	3 June 1989(1989-06-03) (aged 86) Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini
Spouse(s)	Khadijeh Saqafi ​ (m. 1929)​
Relations	Khomeini family
Children	7, including Mostafa, Zahra, Farideh, and Ahmad
Education	Qom Seminary
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Religious Leader, Revolutionary
Signature
Website	imam-khomeini.ir
Ruhollah Khomeini's voice Khomeini speaking on the importance of spirituality Recorded 24 November 1981

Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (Persian: روح‌الله خمینی, romanized: Rūḥallāh Khumaynī, pronounced [ɾuːholˈlɒːhe xomejˈniː] (listen); 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989) was a Iranian politician, revolutionary and religious leader who was the 1st Supreme Leader of Iran. He was also the Leader of the Islamic Revolution from January 1978 until his victory in the revolution in February 1979 and the Iran–Iraq War from 1980 to 1988.

Khomeini died of intestinal cancer and a heart attack^[1] in Tehran on 3 June 1989, at the age of 86. He was succeeded by Ali Khamenei on July 17, 1939
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1. ↑ "Death of Ayatollah Khomeini — Appointment of President Khamenei as Khomeini's successor — Visit to Soviet Union by Rafsanjani". Keesing's Record of World Events, Volume 35, June, 1989 Iran, Page 36724. Keesing's World News Archive. Retrieved 2009-05-29.