Mullah Omar

Mullah Mohammed Omar ملا محمد عمر
Head of the Supreme Council of Afghanistan
In office 27 September 1996 – 13 November 2001
President	Mohammad Rabbani Abdul Kabir (Acting)
Preceded by	Burhanuddin Rabbani (as President)
Succeeded by	Burhanuddin Rabbani (as President)
Personal details
Born	1960 Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Died	April 23, 2013(2013-04-23) (aged 52–53)
Alma mater	Darul Uloom Haqqania
Military service
Allegiance	Mujahideen (1983–1991) Taliban (1994–2013)
Years of service	1983–1991 1994–2013
Battles/wars	Soviet-Afghan War  • Battle of Arghandab Afghan Civil War  • Battle of Jalalabad
*Omar's term has been disputed by Burhanuddin Rabbani.

Mullah Mohammed Omar (Pashto: ملا محمد عمر‎, Mullā Muḥammad ‘Umar; c. 1960 – 23 April 2013), widely known as Mullah Omar, was the supreme commander and spiritual leader of the Taliban. Under the title "Head of the Supreme Council," He was Afghanistan's head of state from 1996 to late 2001. Omar died in 2013 of natural causes and was succeeded by Mullah Akhtar Mansour.

Born into a poor Afghan family with no political connections, Omar fought against the Soviets during the Soviet–Afghan War as a mujahideen. He founded the Taliban in 1994 and by 1995 had captured much of Afghanistan; in September 1996 the Taliban took Kabul, the country's capital. During his tenure as Emir of Afghanistan, Omar seldom left the city of Kandahar and rarely met with outsiders. He was known for speaking little and living in austere conditions.

For harboring Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda militants before and after the September 11 attacks, Omar became wanted by the United States. He fled the American invasion of Afghanistan and then directed the Taliban insurgency against NATO-led forces and the government of Afghanistan.

Omar died in April 2013 of Tuberculosis in unclear circumstances. His death was kept secret by the Taliban for two years until it was announced by the Afghan government in July 2015.

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