1989 Iranian Supreme Leader election

1989 Iranian Supreme Leader election
4 June 1989 (1989-06-04) Next →
86 Members in the Assembly of Experts
49 votes needed to win
Voting on mandating a 'Leadership Council'
Electoral vote
23 / 68 (34%)
First round
Nominee Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani
Electoral vote
13 / 86 (15%)
Second round
 
Nominee Ali Khamenei
Electoral vote
60 / 86 (70%)
Leader before election

Ruhollah Khomeini

 Elected Leader

Ali Khamenei

In the 1989 Iranian Supreme Leader election the Assembly of Experts members voted to choose the second Supreme Leader of Iran. The election was held on June 4, 1989, the morning after Ruhollah Khomeini's death. Ali Khamenei was elected as his successor with 60 votes out of 74.[1]

  1. ^ Amir Arjomand, Saïd (2009). After Khomeini: Iran Under His Successors. Oxford University Press. p. 36. ISBN 9780199745760.