List of leaders of the Islamic State

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Caliph of the Islamic State
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since 3 August 2023
Inaugural holder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Formation7 April 2013

This is a list of leaders of the Islamic State since the establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq.

Contents

List of leaders

Emirs of the Islamic State of Iraq

No.PortraitName

(Birth–Death)

Time of LeadershipNote(s)
AnnouncedLeft officeTime in office
1 BLANK ICON.png Abu Omar al-Baghdadi

حَمِيدُ دَاوُدَ مُحَمَّدُ خَلِيلِ ٱلزَّاوِيِّ

(1959–2010)

15 October 200618 April 20103 years, 185 daysAl-Baghdadi was killed when a joint operation of US and Iraqi forces rocketed a safe house 10 kilometers (6 mi) southwest of Tikrit. [1]
2 Mugshot of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 2004.jpg Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

أَبُو بَكْرٍ ٱلْبَغْدَادِيُّ

(1971–2019)

18 April 20107 April 20132 years, 354 daysThe position was succeeded by a caliph after ISIL announced the establishment of a worldwide caliphate.

Caliphs of the Islamic State

No.PortraitName

(Birth–Death)

Time of LeadershipNote(s)
AnnouncedLeft officeTime in office
1 Mugshot of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, 2004.jpg Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

أَبُو بَكْرٍ ٱلْبَغْدَادِيُّ

(1971–2019)

7 April 201327 October 20196 years, 203 daysOn 27 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 two other young children. [4] [5]
2 Hajji'Abdallah.jpg Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi

أبو إبراهيم الهاشمي القرشي

(1976–2022)

31 October 20193 February 20222 years, 95 daysOn 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]
3 Abu al-Hasan al-Qurashi

أبو الحسن القرشي

(19??-2022)

10 March 202215 October 2022219 daysLittle is known about al-Qurashi. According to Iraqi security and government officials, al-Qurashi was 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. He killed himself on 15 October 2022 by detonating a suicide vest during an operation carried out by former Free Syrian Army rebels which had aligned with government forces in Daraa province. [8] [9] [10]
4 BLANK ICON.png Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi

أبو الحسين الحسيني القرشي

(19??-2023)

30 November 202229 April 2023150 daysAbu al-Hussein was announced as the new leader of Islamic State by Abu Omar al-Muhajir, in the same audio that confirmed Abu al-Hasan's death. [10] The Islamic State announced on August 3, 2023 that Abu al-Hussein was killed by Tahrir al-Sham militants in Idlib province. [11]
5 BLANK ICON.png Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi

ابو حفص الهاشمي القريشي

(born 19??)

3 August 2023Incumbent2 years, 47 daysAbu Hafs was announced as the new leader of Islamic State, in the same audio that confirmed Abu al-Hussein's death. [12]

List of Spokesmen of the Islamic State

Leaders of the international branches of the Islamic State

List of known leaders of the international branches of the Islamic State part of the worldwide caliphate.

Boko Haram as part of IS

  1. Abubakar Shekau (2015–2016)

Islamic State – Caucasus Province

  1. Rustam Asildarov (23 June 2015 – 3 December 2016) [13]
  2. Aslan Byutukaev (2016-2021)

Islamic State – Sahel Province

  1. Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi (13 May 2015 – 2019) [14]
  2. Abdoul Hakim al-Sahrawi (2019 (Possible) – present) [14]

Islamic State – Khorasan Province

  1. Hafiz Saeed Khan (2015 – July 2016)
  2. Abdul Haseeb Logari [15] [16] (2016 – April 2017)
  3. Abdul Rahman Ghaleb [17] [18] (April – July 2017)
  4. Abu Saad Erhabi [19] (July 2017 – August 2018)
  5. Ziya ul-Haq [20] (August 2018 – April 2019)
  6. Abdullah Orokzai [21] [22] (April 2019 – April 2020)
  7. Shahab al-Muhajir (April 2020 – present) [23]

Islamic State in Libya

  1. Abu Nabil al-Anbari (13 November 2014 – 13 November 2015) [24]
  2. Abdul Qader al-Najdi (March 2016 – September 2020) [25]

Islamic State in Somalia

  1. Abdul Qadir Mumin (22 October 2015 – present)

Islamic State – West Africa Province

  1. Abubakar Shekau (2015 – 2016) – deposed for being too radical
  2. Abu Musab al-Barnawi (2016 – 2019) – deposed and demoted without explanation
  3. Abu Abdullahi Umar Al Barnawi "Ba Idrisa" (2019 – 2020) – purged and reportedly killed after some of his followers opposed his deposition [26]
  4. Lawan Abubakar "Ba Lawan" / "Abba Gana" (2020 – 2021) [26] [27]

Claimed leaders by media and officials

  1. Lawan Abubakar (July – August 2021) [27] [28]
  2. "Abu Dawud" / "Aba Ibrahim" (from August 2021) [28] [29]
  3. Malam Bako or Abu Musab al-Barnawi (c. October 2021) [29]
  4. Sani Shuwaram (November 2021–February 2022) [29]

Islamic State – Yemen Province

  1. Abu Bilal al-Harbi [30] (c. 2014 – March 2017 (or earlier))
  2. Abu Osama al-Muhajir [31]  ( POW ) [32] [33] (March 2017 – 25 June 2019)

References

  1. ↑ "Al Qaeda's two top Iraq leaders killed in raid". Reuters. 19 April 2010. Archived from the original on 8 November 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Al-Baghdadi Killed in Idlib, a Hotbed of Terror Groups, Foreign Fighters". VOA. 27 October 2019. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  3. ↑ O'Reilly, Andrew (27 October 2019). "House Dems angered that Trump told Russia, Turkey of al-Baghdadi raid, but not Pelosi". Fox News. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: IS leader 'dead after US raid' in Syria". BBC News. 28 October 2019. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  5. ↑ "Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed in US raid, Trump confirms". the Guardian. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  6. ↑ "Statement by President Joe Biden". The White House. 3 February 2022. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  7. ↑ Schmitt, Eric; Hubbard, Ben (3 February 2022). "U.S. Evacuated 10 Civilians During Raid, Pentagon Says". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  8. ↑ Al-Khalidi, Suleiman (December 2022). "Islamic State names new leader after Quraishi blew himself up when surrounded -sources". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  9. ↑ "EXCLUSIVE New Islamic State leader is brother of slain caliph Baghdadi - sources". Reuters. 11 March 2022. Archived from the original on 11 March 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  10. 1 2 Hindustan Times (30 November 2022). "Islamic State leader Abu Hasan al-Qurashi killed, names successor". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  11. ↑ "ISIL confirms death of leader Abu Hussein al-Qurashi, names successor". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "Islamic State confirms death of its leader, names replacement". Reuters. 3 August 2023. Archived from the original on 3 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Six North Caucasus Insurgency Commanders Transfer Allegiance To Islamic State". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 2 January 2015. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  14. 1 2 "Tracking Abu Walid al-Sahraoui, West Africa's most wanted jihadist". The Africa Report.com. 12 February 2020. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "Army Rangers killed in Afghanistan were possible victims of friendly fire". Army Times. 28 April 2017. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  16. ↑ 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.
  17. ↑ Browne, Ryan (14 July 2017). "US kills leader of ISIS in Afghanistan". CNN. Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "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.
  19. ↑ "ISIL leader in Afghanistan killed in air raids". aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  20. ↑ Mujtaba Haris and Ali M Latifi. Taliban takes on ISKP, its most serious foe in Afghanistan Archived 22 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine . Al Jazeera. 27 September 2021.
  21. ↑ "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.
  22. ↑ "Afghan forces announce arrest of local ISIL leader". Archived from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  23. ↑ "Who Is the New Leader of Islamic State-Khorasan Province?". Lawfare. 2 September 2020. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
  24. ↑ Paton, Callum (10 March 2016). "New Isis leader in Libya – Abdel Qader al-Najdi threatens Daesh invasion of Rome through Africa". IB Times . Archived from the original on 24 December 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  25. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  26. 1 2 Bassim Al-Hussaini (3 March 2020). "New ISWAP boss slays five rebel leaders, silences clerical tones". Premium Times. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  27. 1 2 "ISWAP-Boko Haram Reshuffles 'Cabinet', Imposes Levies On Agricultural, Trade Activities In Nigerian Communities". Sahara Reporters. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  28. 1 2 Wale Odunsi (18 August 2021). "ISWAP reshuffles Nigerian leaders after ISIS order". Daily Post. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  29. 1 2 3 Wale Odunsi (6 November 2021). "ISIS crowns Sani Shuwaram as new ISWAP leader". Daily Post. Archived from the original on 7 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  30. ↑ Gregory D. Johnsen (7 July 2015). "This Man Is The Leader In ISIS's Recruiting War Against Al-Qaeda In Yemen". Buzzfeed. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  31. ↑ "S/2018/705 - E - S/2018/705". undocs.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  32. ↑ "Saudi Coalition Says Head of Yemen's Islamic State Captured". The New York Times . Archived from the original on 23 March 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  33. ↑ "Video Footage: Saudi & Yemeni Special Forces Capture ISIS Leader in Yemen". Republicanyemen.net. 25 June 2019. Archived from the original on 15 December 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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