Hasan Akhund

Hasan Akhund
حسن آخوند
Akhund in 2022
Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan
Assumed office
7 September 2021
Supreme LeaderHibatullah Akhundzada
Deputy
Preceded byAbdul Kabir (acting, 2001)
Member of the Leadership Council
Assumed office
15 August 2021
In exile
May 2002  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

Muhammad Hasan Akhund Kakar (born c.1945–1958) is an Afghan politician and cleric who is currently the acting prime minister of Afghanistan in the internationally unrecognized Taliban government since 7 September 2021.

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.