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Mohammed Omar

1962 - 2013

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Muhammad Umar Mujahid (between 1950 and 1962 – 23 April 2013), commonly known as Mullah Omar or Muhammad Omar, was an Afghan militant leader who ruled Afghanistan as Supreme Leader from 1996 to 2001. He founded the Taliban in 1994 and served as its first supreme leader until his death in 2013. During the Third Afghan Civil War, the Taliban fought the Northern Alliance and took control of most of the country, establishing its First Islamic Emirate. Shortly after al-Qaeda carried out the September 11 attacks, the Taliban government was toppled by an American invasion of Afghanistan, prompting Omar to go into hiding; he successfully evaded capture by the American-led coalition before dying in 2013 from tuberculosis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mohammed Omar is the 1,367th most popular politician (up from 3,199th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 28th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Afghan Politician.

Mohammed Omar is most famous for being the leader of the Taliban.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mohammed Omar ranks 1,367 out of 19,576Before him are Shah Rukh, Bill Nelson, Alauddin Khalji, Peter I of Portugal, Leo V the Armenian, and Georgy Lvov. After him are Antiochus I Soter, Claudius Gothicus, Yazdegerd III, Theodor Heuss, John II Casimir Vasa, and Jovian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Mohammed Omar ranks 8Before him are Abdullah II of Jordan, Axl Rose, Jordan Peterson, Demi Moore, Jim Carrey, and Antony Blinken. After him are Cliff Burton, Ruud Gullit, Jodie Foster, Frank Rijkaard, Claudia Sheinbaum, and Nicolás Maduro. Among people deceased in 2013, Mohammed Omar ranks 14Before him are Pran, Doris Lessing, Heinrich Rohrer, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Frederick Sanger, and Robert Coleman Richardson. After him are Peter O'Toole, Christian de Duve, J. J. Cale, Giuliano Gemma, François Jacob, and Giulio Andreotti.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Mohammed Omar ranks 19 out of 177Before him are Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Abu Dawood (817), and Muhammad of Ghor (1160). After him are Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Muhammad Shah (1702), Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Babrak Karmal (1929), Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Mohammed Omar ranks 15Before him are Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), and Muhammad of Ghor (1160). After him are Muhammad Shah (1702), Babrak Karmal (1929), Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Hafizullah Amin (1929), and Humayun (1508).