Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini was an Iranian cleric, politician, political theorist, and revolutionary who founded the Islamic Republic of Iran and served as its first supreme leader from 1979 until... Wikipedia

• Born:  Ruhollah Mostafavi Musavi, May 17, 1900, Khomeyn, Markazi, Qajar Iran
• Age at death:  89 years
• Died:  June 03, 1989, Tehran, Iran
• Resting place:  Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini
• Children:  7, including Mostafa, Zahra, Farideh, and Ahmad
• Relatives:  Khomeini family
• Education:  Qom Seminary
• Deputy:  Hussein-Ali Montazeri (19851989)
• Preceded by:  Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, (as Shah of Iran) Himself, (as de facto Head of State)
• Succeeded by:  Ali Khamenei
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo