Hasan Akhund

Mohammad Hasan Akhund
محمد حسن آخوند
Akhund in 2022
Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan
Assumed office
7 September 2021[a]
Supreme LeaderHibatullah Akhundzada
Deputy
Preceded byAbdul Kabir (acting, 2001)
Member of the Leadership Council
Assumed office
15 August 2021
In exile
May 2002[3] – 15 August 2021
Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan
In office
27 September 1996 – 13 November 2001
Prime MinisterMohammad Rabbani
Abdul Kabir (acting)
LeaderMohammed Omar
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded by
  • Abdul Ghani Baradar (acting, 2021)
  • Abdul Salam Hanafi (acting, 2021)
Foreign Minister of Afghanistan
In office
1998 – October 27, 1999
Prime MinisterMohammad Rabbani
LeaderMohammed Omar
Preceded byAbdul Jalil
Succeeded byWakil Ahmed Muttawakil
Personal details
Bornc. 1945 – c. 1958
Pashmul, Panjwayi District (now in Zhari District), Kandahar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
OccupationPolitician, Taliban member
Political affiliationTaliban

Mohammad Hasan Akhund[b] (born c. 1945 – c. 1958) is an Afghan mullah, politician and Taliban leader who is currently the acting prime minister of Afghanistan in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime since 7 September 2021.[4]

Akhund is one of the founding members of the Taliban and has been a senior leading member of the movement. In the first Taliban government (1996–2001), he served as the deputy foreign minister.

  1. ^ Mohammad Farshad Daryosh (17 May 2023). "Mawlawi Kabir Appointed Acting PM As Mullah Hassan Akhund is Ill: Mujahid". TOLOnews. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ^ Adeeb, Fatema (9 September 2023). "Prime Minister's Absence From Meetings Raises Questions". TOLOnews. Archived from the original on 10 September 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ^ Sayed, Abdul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Who is Mohammad Hasan Akhund, the head of new Taliban gov't?". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2023.


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