Supreme Leader

English Alternative forms en supreme leader Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Supreme Leader.wav Southern England Noun Supreme Leader en politics The head of state and commander-in-chief of the entire armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with the authority to dismiss the Iranian president. The Supreme Leader is also the highest-ranking spiritual leader in Iran. Ali Vaez; Dina Esfandiary The Hard-Liners Won in Iran. That’s Not All Bad News. 2021-06-22 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/opinion/iran-election-raisi-nuclear-deal.html The conventional wisdom in Washington is that Iran’s elections are insignificant. Regardless of who wins, the argument goes, in the end, it’s the supreme leader who calls the shots. https://web.archive.org/web/20260413120836/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/22/opinion/iran-election-raisi-nuclear-deal.html 13 April 2026 en politics The highest-ranking member of a country, who has absolute power. Justin McCurr http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/29/kim-jong-un-supreme-leader-north-korea Kim Jong-un declared ‘supreme leader’ in North Korea 2011-12-29 Watched by hundreds of thousands of troops and civilians packed into Kim Il-sung Square—named after the regime's first leader, who died in 1994—Kim Jong-un watched from a balcony overlooking the plaza as he was declared “supreme leader” of the ruling Workers' party, military and people. https://web.archive.org/web/20261020144531/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/29/kim-jong-un-supreme-leader-north-korea 20 October 2026 en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-cX1d4BSCI https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/secret-state-of-north-korea/transcript/ 2014 Secret State of North Korea w:PBS 9781608830794 870344665 39:40 Our revolution, which has achieved victory over many decades, continuing into the new century, has welcomed the new Supreme Leader. Quotations en Translations head of state of Iran Arabic: ar المُرْشِد الأَعْلَى لِلْثَّوْرَة الإِسْلَامِيَّة m, ar قَائِد الثَّوْرَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 最高領袖 zuìgāo lǐngxiù, cmn 精神領袖 jīngshén lǐngxiù Danish: da religiøse leder c Dutch: nl hoogste leider m Esperanto: eo supera gvidanto French: fr Guide suprême m German: de Oberster Rechtsgelehrter m Greek: el ανώτατος ηγέτης m Hebrew: he המנהיג העליון m Hindi: hi रहबर-ए-इंक़िलाब Indonesian: id pemimpin tertinggi Italian: it Guida suprema f Japanese: ja 最高指導者 さいこうしどうしゃ, saikō shidōsha Khmer: km អគ្គមគ្គុទេសន៍ ak keak meak ku tes Malay: ms Pemimpin Agung Norwegian: no Øverste leder Persian: fa ولی فقیه vali-ye faqih Polish: pl Najwyższy Przywódca m, pl Najwyższy Prawnik Muzułmański m Portuguese: pt líder supremo m, pt Líder Supremo m Russian: ru вы́сший руководи́тель m Urdu: ur رہبر rahbar highest-ranking member who has absolute power Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 最高領導人 zuìgāo lǐngdǎorén French: fr Chef Suprême m Japanese: ja 最高指導者 saikō shidōsha Polish: pl Najwyższy Przywódca m See also en velayat-e faqih en People Heads of state