= Iranian Supreme Leaders =

A history of '''Iranian supreme leaders'''.

Formally the head of state of Iran is '''rahbar''' (''leader''), but customarily they have been addresses as '''rahbar-e mo'azzam''' (''supreme leader''). The leader is elected by the '''majles-e xobregân-e rahbari''' (''assembly of experts'') for life.

The supreme leader's powers include:

 * commander-in-chief
 * approving the elected '''president'''
 * appointing the ministers of government
 * appointing the '''chief justice'''
 * appointing the members of the '''shoraye a'ali enqelabe farhangi''' (''supreme council of the Cultural Revolution'')
   * 19 members directly appointed plus 9 members who have a seat ''ex officio'', i.e. the president is also the chair of this council
 * appointing 6 (out of 12) members of the '''shourā-ye negahbān''' (''guardian council'')
   * the other 6 are nominated by the chief justice and elected by the [[Iran/Majlis|Majlis]]
 * appointing the members of the '''majma'-e tašxis-e maslahat-e nezâm''' (''expediency discernment council''), which adjudicated conflicts between the guardian council and the Majlis
   * supreme leaders have repeatedly changed the size of this council at will

||'''Leaders'''    ||'''Reign'''||
||Ruhollah Khomeini||1979 - 1989||
||Ali Khamenei     ||1989 -     ||



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