List of leaders of the Islamic State
Caliph of the Islamic State | |
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Inaugural holder | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi |
Formation | 7 April 2013 |
This is a list of leaders of the Islamic State since the establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq.
List of leaders[]
Emirs of the Islamic State of Iraq[]
No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Time of Leadership | Note(s) | ||
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Abu Omar al-Baghdadi
حَمِيدُ دَاوُدَ مُحَمَّدُ خَلِيلِ ٱلزَّاوِيِّ (1959–2010) |
15 October 2006 | 18 April 2010 | 3 years, 185 days | Al-Baghdadi was killed when a joint operation of US and Iraqi forces rocketed a safe house 10 kilometers (6 mi) southwest of Tikrit.[1] |
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
أَبُو بَكْرٍ ٱلْبَغْدَادِيُّ (1971–2019) |
18 April 2010 | 7 April 2013 | 2 years, 354 days | The position was succeeded by a caliph after ISIL announced the establishment of a worldwide caliphate. |
Caliphs of the Islamic State[]
No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Time of Leadership | Note(s) | ||
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
أَبُو بَكْرٍ ٱلْبَغْدَادِيُّ (1971–2019) |
7 April 2013 | 27 October 2019 | 6 years, 203 days | On 26 October 2019, US Joint Special Operations Command's 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (SFOD-D) along with soldiers from the 75th Ranger Regiment and 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment conducted a raid through air space controlled by Russia and Turkey into the rebel-held Idlib province of Syria on the border with Turkey to capture al-Baghdadi.[2][3] He was cornered in a tunnel and died by self-detonating a suicide vest, killing alongside three other young children.[4][5] |
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Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
أبو الحسن القرشي (1976–2022) |
31 October 2019 | 3 February 2022 | 2 years, 95 days | On 3 February 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that U.S. military forces successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation in the town of Atme in Idlib, resulting in the death of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi by a suicide vest which also killed 12 others.[6][7] |
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Abu al-Hasan al-Qurashi
أبو الحسن القرشي (????–) |
10 March 2022 | Incumbent | 227 days | Little is known about al-Quraishi. According to Iraqi security and government officials, al-Qurashi's is the elder brother of former leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Research published by Hisham al-Hashimi in 2020 stated that al-Qurashi headed the five-member Shura Council.[8] |
Leaders of the international branches of the Islamic State[]
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List of known Leaders of the international branches of the Islamic State part of the worldwide caliphate.
Boko Haram as part of ISIL[]
- Abubakar Shekau (2015–2016)
Islamic State – Caucasus Province[]
- Rustam Asildarov (23 June 2015 – 3 December 2016)[9]
Islamic State in the Greater Sahara[]
Islamic State – Khorasan Province[]
- Hafiz Saeed Khan(2015 – July 2016)
- Abdul Haseeb Logari[11][12] (2016 – April 2017)
- Abdul Rahman Ghaleb[13][14] (April – July 2017)
- Abu Saad Erhabi[15] (July 2017 – August 2018)
- Ziya ul-Haq[16] (August 2018 – April 2019)
- Abdullah Orokzai[17][18] (April 2019 – April 2020)
- Shahab al-Muhajir (April 2020 – present)[19]
Islamic State in Libya[]
- Abu Nabil al-Anbari (13 November 2014 – 13 November 2015)[20]
- Abdul Qader al-Najdi (March 2016 – present)[21] (possible death in September 2020)
Islamic State in Somalia[]
- Abdul Qadir Mumin (22 October 2015 – present)
Islamic State – West Africa Province[]
- Abubakar Shekau (2015 – 2016) – deposed for being too radical
- Abu Musab al-Barnawi (2016 – 2019) – deposed and demoted without explanation
- Abu Abdullahi Umar Al Barnawi "Ba Idrisa" (2019 – 2020) – purged and reportedly killed after some of his followers opposed his deposition[22]
- Lawan Abubakar "Ba Lawan" / "Abba Gana" (2020 – 2021)[22][23]
Claimed leaders by media and officials[]
- Lawan Abubakar (July – August 2021)[23][24]
- "Abu Dawud" / "Aba Ibrahim" (from August 2021)[24][25]
- Malam Bako or Abu Musab al-Barnawi (c. October 2021)[25]
- Sani Shuwaram (from November 2021)[25]
Islamic State – Yemen Province[]
- Abu Bilal al-Harbi[26] (c. 2014 – March 2017 (or earlier))
- Abu Osama al-Muhajir[27] (POW)[28][29] (March 2017 – 25 June 2019)
References[]
- ^ "Al Qaeda's two top Iraq leaders killed in raid". Reuters. 2010-04-19. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- ^ "Al-Baghdadi Killed in Idlib, a Hotbed of Terror Groups, Foreign Fighters". VOA. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
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- ^ "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: IS leader 'dead after US raid' in Syria". BBC News. 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
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- ^ "Statement by President Joe Biden". The White House. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ Schmitt, Eric; Hubbard, Ben (2022-02-03). "U.S. Evacuated 10 Civilians During Raid, Pentagon Says". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ Reuters (2022-03-11). "EXCLUSIVE New Islamic State leader is brother of slain caliph Baghdadi - sources". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ "Six North Caucasus Insurgency Commanders Transfer Allegiance To Islamic State". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
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- ^ "Army Rangers killed in Afghanistan were possible victims of friendly fire". Army Times. 28 April 2017.
- ^ Barbara Starr; Ralph Ellis (8 May 2017). "ISIS leader in Afghanistan was killed in raid, US confirms". CNN. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
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- ^ "Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesperson Dana W. White on death of ISIS-K leader in Afghanistan". U.S. Department of Defense. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ "ISIL leader in Afghanistan killed in air raids". aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
- ^ Mujtaba Haris and Ali M Latifi. Taliban takes on ISKP, its most serious foe in Afghanistan. Al Jazeera. 27 September 2021.
- ^ "UN: Islamic State replaced leader in Afghanistan after visit from central leadership | FDD's Long War Journal". longwarjournal.org. 30 July 2019. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "Afghan forces announce arrest of local ISIL leader". Archived from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ "Who Is the New Leader of Islamic State-Khorasan Province?". Lawfare. 2 September 2020.
- ^ Paton, Callum (10 March 2016). "New Isis leader in Libya – Abdel Qader al-Najdi threatens Daesh invasion of Rome through Africa". IB Times. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ Lewis, Aidan (10 March 2016). Ireland, Louise (ed.). "New Islamic State leader in Libya says group 'stronger every day'". Reuters. The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "ISWAP-Boko Haram Reshuffles 'Cabinet', Imposes Levies On Agricultural, Trade Activities In Nigerian Communities". Sahara Reporters. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Wale Odunsi (18 August 2021). "ISWAP reshuffles Nigerian leaders after ISIS order". Daily Post. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Wale Odunsi (6 November 2021). "ISIS crowns Sani Shuwaram as new ISWAP leader". Daily Post. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ Gregory D. Johnsen (7 July 2015). "This Man Is The Leader In ISIS's Recruiting War Against Al-Qaeda In Yemen". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
- ^ "S/2018/705 - E - S/2018/705". undocs.org.
- ^ "Saudi Coalition Says Head of Yemen's Islamic State Captured". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ "Video Footage: Saudi & Yemeni Special Forces Capture ISIS Leader in Yemen". Republicanyemen.net. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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