Akhtar Mansur

Mullah
Akhtar Mansur
Mullah Akhtar Mansur
اختر منصور
	Mansur 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	c. 1959; Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Died	21 May 2016 (aged 56-57); 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)

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Akhtar Mohammad Mansur (c. 1959 – 21 May 2016) was an Afghan militant who served as the second supreme leader of the Taliban from 2015 until his assassination in a US drone strike in Balochistan, Pakistan in 2016. He was a close aide and successor of the Taliban's founding leader, Mullah Omar.

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