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Hojatoleslam Seyed Ali Khamenei Khamenei was one of the founders of the Islamic Republican Party, which dominated the Majlis (the national legislature) after the 1979 revolution.
He was appointed to the Council of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, and between 1979 and 1981 he was a member of the Majlis, serving as Deputy Minister of Defense, Deputy for Revolutionary Affairs, Commander of the Revolutionary Guard, and representative on the Supreme Council of Defense.
He also served several times as general secretary of the Islamic Republic Party.
A mid-ranking cleric, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was unexpectedly chosen as supreme leader during an emergency closed-door session of the Assembly of Experts in 1989, just days after the death of the founder of Iran's Islamic republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
After Imam Khomeini's death, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei was elected the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Assembly of Experts.
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