Hasan Akhund

Hasan Akhund
حسن آخوند
Akhund in 2022
27th Prime Minister of Afghanistan
Assumed office
7 September 2021
Supreme LeaderHibatullah Akhundzada
Deputy
Preceded byOffice re-established; Abdul 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)
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded by
  • Abdul Ghani Baradar (2021)
  • Abdul Salam Hanafi (2021)
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1998 – 27 October 1999
Prime MinisterMohammad Rabbani
Preceded byAbdul Jalil
Succeeded byWakil Ahmed Muttawakil
Personal details
BornMuhammad Hasan Akhund Kakar
c. 1945 – c. 1958
OccupationPolitician, Taliban member
Political affiliationTaliban
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Muhammad Hasan Akhund Kakar (born c. 1945–1958) is an Afghan politician and cleric who has been serving as the 27th prime minister of Afghanistan since 2025, having previously served in this role on an interim basis from 2021. A member of the Taliban, he has been a member of the Leadership Council since 2002, and previously served as deputy prime minister from 1996 to 2001, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 1999.

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.