Akhtar Mansour

Mullah
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour
Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour
اختر محمد منصور
	Mansour as seen in a photo taken in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1998
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
	In exile; 29 July 2015 – 21 May 2016; Acting: 23 April 2013 – 29 July 2015
Deputy	Hibatullah Akhundzada; Sirajuddin Haqqani;
Preceded by	Mullah Omar
Succeeded by	Hibatullah Akhundzada
First Deputy Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
	In office; 24 March 2010 – 29 July 2015
Leader	Mullah Omar
Preceded by	Abdul Ghani Baradar
Succeeded by	Hibatullah Akhundzada
Second Deputy Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
	In office; 2007 – 24 March 2010
Leader	Mullah Omar
Preceded by	Obaidullah Akhund
Succeeded by	Sirajuddin Haqqani (2015)
Member of the Leadership Council of Afghanistan
	In office; May 2002 – 2007
Civil Aviation Minister of Afghanistan
	In office; September 1996 – December 2001
Personal details
Born	1968; Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Died	21 May 2016 (aged 47-48); Ahmad Wal, Balochistan, Pakistan
Cause of death	Drone strike
Resting place	Afghanistan
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Haqqania
Occupation	Politician, Taliban member
Military service
Allegiance	Mujahideen; Islamic and National Revolution Movement of Afghanistan (1980's–1992); Hezb-e Islami Khalis (1980s–1992); Taliban (1995–2016);
Years of service	1985–1992; 1995–2016
Rank	Supreme commander
Battles/wars	Soviet–Afghan War; Afghan Civil War; War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (1968 – 21 May 2016) was an Afghan militant leader who served as the second supreme leader of the Taliban. Succeeding the founding leader, Mullah Omar, he was the supreme leader from July 2015 to May 2016, when he was killed in a US drone strike in Balochistan, Pakistan.

United States president Barack Obama stated that Mansour was killed because he was planning attacks on US targets in Kabul. Obama hoped Mansour's death would lead to the Taliban joining a peace process.