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List of leaders of the Islamic State
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This is a list of leaders of the Islamic State since the establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq.
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Emirs of the Islamic State of Iraq
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List of known leaders of the international branches of the Islamic State part of the worldwide caliphate.
Boko Haram as part of IS
- Abubakar Shekau (2015–2016)
Islamic State – Caucasus Province
- Rustam Asildarov (23 June 2015 – 3 December 2016)[13]
- Aslan Byutukaev (2016-2021)
Islamic State – Sahel Province
- Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi (13 May 2015 – 2019)[14]
- Abdoul Hakim al-Sahrawi (2019 (Possible) – present)[14]
Islamic State – Khorasan Province
- Hafiz Saeed Khan (2015 – July 2016)
- Abdul Haseeb Logari[15][16] (2016 – April 2017)
- Abdul Rahman Ghaleb[17][18] (April – July 2017)
- Abu Saad Erhabi[19] (July 2017 – August 2018)
- Ziya ul-Haq[20] (August 2018 – April 2019)
- Abdullah Orokzai[21][22] (April 2019 – April 2020)
- Shahab al-Muhajir (April 2020 – present)[23]
Islamic State in Libya
- Abu Nabil al-Anbari (13 November 2014 – 13 November 2015)[24]
- Abdul Qader al-Najdi (March 2016 – present)[25] (possible death in September 2020)
Islamic State in Somalia
- Abdul Qadir Mumin (22 October 2015 – present)
Islamic State – West Africa Province
- Abubakar Shekau (2015 – 2016) – deposed for being too radical
- Abu Musab al-Barnawi (2016 – 2019) – deposed and demoted without explanation
- Abu Abdullahi Umar Al Barnawi "Ba Idrisa" (2019 – 2020) – purged and reportedly killed after some of his followers opposed his deposition[26]
- Lawan Abubakar "Ba Lawan" / "Abba Gana" (2020 – 2021)[26][27]
Claimed leaders by media and officials
Islamic State – Yemen Province
- Abu Bilal al-Harbi[30] (c. 2014 – March 2017 (or earlier))
- Abu Osama al-Muhajir[31] (POW)[32][33] (March 2017 – 25 June 2019)
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