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Ideologies / Autocratic Theocrat / Ruhollah Khomeini
Ruhollah Khomeini — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1902–1989 · Iran · Supreme Leader

Ruhollah Khomeini

Guardianship of the jurist

Clerical rule as the form of the state.

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Economic−5
SocialistMarket
Governance+96
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−85
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The cleric whose 1979 revolution founded the Islamic Republic on velayat-e faqih — rule by the supreme jurist — the defining model of modern theocratic autocracy.

social

Strict religious traditionalism enforced by law.

economic

A mixed economy with large state and religious-foundation sectors.

governance

Theocratic absolutism — the jurist rules above elected office.

Notable for
  • Led the 1979 Iranian Revolution
  • Doctrine of velayat-e faqih
  • Founded the Islamic Republic
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