List of Taliban insurgency leaders

Supreme leaders

Name	Situation
Mullah Omar	The founder & spiritual leader, who lived in hiding near a U.S. base in southern Afghanistan until his death. Died on 23 April 2013 of tuberculosis. His death was kept secret by the Taliban officials for two years until it was revealed in July 2015 by Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security.
Akhtar Mansour	Elected July 2014. Killed in a U.S. drone strike in May 2016 in Pakistan.
Hibatullah Akhundzada	Elected May 2016 a few days after the US drone killed his predecessor. Became the ruler of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021 after 2021 Taliban offensive and Fall of Kabul