Hibatullah Akhundzada

Hibatullah Akhundzada (; also spelled Haibatullah Akhunzada; born 1961) is an Afghan Islamic scholar, cleric, and jurist who is the third and current supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 2016.
Since the 2021 fall of Kabul, this position has made him Afghanistan's de facto ruler and head of state.