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Hakimullah Mehsud

1979 - 2013

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Hakimullah Mehsud (born Jamshed Mehsud; c. 1978–1981 − 1 November 2013), also known as Zulfiqar Mehsud, was a Pakistani militant who was the second emir of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan from 2009 to 2013. It was confirmed by TTP that he was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan on 1 November 2013. He had previously been deputy to commander Baitullah Mehsud and one of the leaders of the militant group Fedayeen al-Islam prior to the elder Mehsud's death in a CIA drone missile strike, and in TTP he had been commander in the Khyber, Kurram and Orakzai agencies of Pakistan. He was described as being born about 1979 and a cousin of Qari Hussain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hakimullah Mehsud is the 276th most popular extremist (down from 269th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 165th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Pakistani Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Hakimullah Mehsud ranks 276 out of 283. Before him are Satam al-Suqami, Beverley Allitt, Mohammed Bijeh, Waleed al-Shehri, Amy Fisher, and Khader Adnan. After him are Ajmal Kasab, Monster of Florence, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Omar Mateen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and Omar Khadr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Hakimullah Mehsud ranks 845. Before him are Štěpán Vachoušek, Schwenck, Gloria Kemasuode, Farhad Fatkullin, Vedran Zrnić, and Xu Yunlong. After him are Alan Osório da Costa Silva, Andrew Buchan, Goran Šprem, Dario Dainelli, Slava Medvedenko, and Michael Gruber. Among people deceased in 2013, Hakimullah Mehsud ranks 544. Before him are Risë Stevens, Lázaro Rivas, Chi Cheng, Rituparno Ghosh, Kenny Ball, and Sushmita Banerjee. After him are Besik Kudukhov, Soraya Jiménez, Rod Grams, Vince Flynn, Todd Bennett, and Andrew Simpson.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud ranks 180 out of 217. Before him are Ashfaq Parvez Kayani (1952), Rubin Okotie (1987), Prithipal Singh (1932), Rehman Malik (1951), Younis Khan (1975), and Chris Anderson (1957). After him are Govind Nihalani (1940), Ajmal Kasab (1987), Usman Khawaja (1986), Jahangir Khan (1963), Wasim Akram (1966), and Shahid Afridi (1980).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Pakistan

Among extremists born in Pakistan, Hakimullah Mehsud ranks 5. Before him are Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (1964), Javed Iqbal (1961), Fazlullah (1974), and Baitullah Mehsud (1974). After him are Ajmal Kasab (1987).

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