Mirza Masroor Ahmad

Mirza Masroor Ahmad
Caliph of the Messiah Amir al-Mu'minin
Khalifatul Masih V
Reign	22 April 2003–present
Predecessor	Mirza Tahir Ahmad
Born	(1950-09-15) 15 September 1950 (age 66) Rabwah, Punjab, Pakistan
Spouse	Sahibzadi Amatul Sabooh Begum (m. 1977)
Full name Mirza Masroor Ahmad مرزا مسرور احمد
Father	Mirza Mansoor Ahmad
Mother	Sahibzadi Nasira Begum
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Mirza Masroor Ahmad (Urdu: مرزا مسرور احمد‎) (born 15 September 1950) is the current and fifth caliph (Arabic: خليفة المسيح الخامس‎‎, khalīfatul masīh al-khāmis), and leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He was elected as the fifth successor of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad on 22 April 2003, three days after the death of his predecessor Mirza Tahir Ahmad, the fourth Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.

Following the death of the fourth caliph, the Electoral College, for the first time in the history of the community, convened outside the Indian subcontinent and in the city of London, after which Mirza Masroor Ahmad was elected as the fifth caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. At the very commencement of his accession, he found himself forced into exile from Pakistan in response to pressure from the Pakistani government and has continued to lead the community from London. Since being elected, he has travelled extensively across the world to meet the members of the community and address their annual gatherings. In many of the countries he has visited it has been the first visit by an Ahmadiyya caliph. Under his leadership the community's satellite TV network MTA International, launched by his predecessor, has expanded into several further affiliated channels to provide transmission in different languages. Further campuses of the Jamia al-Ahmadiyya, the Ahmadiyya Islamic seminary and educational institute, have been established including one in Ghana and one in the United Kingdom, the latter of which has been the first in Europe. He has focused particularly on directing the community in systematically countering negative media coverage of Islam and engaging in grassroots efforts to propagate what the community believes is the true message of Islam.