Hasan Akhund
Hasan Akhund | |
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حسن آخوند | |
Akhund in 2022 | |
| 27th Prime Minister of Afghanistan | |
| Assumed office 7 September 2021 | |
| Supreme Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Deputy | |
| Preceded by | Office 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 Minister | Mohammad Rabbani Abdul Kabir (acting) |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 1998 – 27 October 1999 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Rabbani |
| Preceded by | Abdul Jalil |
| Succeeded by | Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muhammad Hasan Akhund Kakar c. 1945 – c. 1958 |
| Occupation | Politician, Taliban member |
| Political affiliation | Taliban |
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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.