Supreme Leader

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The Supreme Leader is the highest-ranking authority in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, holding ultimate religious and political power over the state.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Leader canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
political office ⓘ
religious leadership position ⓘ
appoints judicial authorities of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Afghan judiciary

provincial governors of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
senior government officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
associated_organization Taliban Shura Council ⓘ
linked to: Taliban
associated_with_conflict War in Afghanistan ⓘ
assumed_office 2016 ⓘ
controls overall direction of Taliban movement ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
country_of_leadership Afghanistan ⓘ
current_holder Hibatullah Akhundzada ⓘ
first_holder Mohammad Omar ⓘ
has_power approve or veto major legislation ⓘ
command armed forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
define overall domestic policy of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
define overall foreign policy of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
issue binding religious decrees ⓘ
overrule decisions of other state institutions ⓘ
has_title Emir of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Supreme Leader ⓘ
ideology Deobandi Islam ⓘ
Islamism ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
jurisdiction Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
legal_basis interpretation of Islamic law by the Taliban ⓘ
native_name_language Pashto ⓘ
office_created 1996 ⓘ
political_alignment Taliban ⓘ
Taliban ⓘ
political_system Islamic theocracy ⓘ
Taliban regime ⓘ
position Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
religious_tradition Deobandi ⓘ
residence Kandahar ⓘ
role head of state of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
highest-ranking authority in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
ultimate political authority in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
ultimate religious authority in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
selection_method appointment by Taliban leadership council ⓘ
style Amir al-Mu'minin ⓘ
linked to: Amir al-Mu’minin
supervises Taliban government cabinet ⓘ
security and military institutions of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
symbolizes unity of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
term_length life tenure ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

religious affairs bureau → reportsTo → Supreme Leader ⓘ
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → has_title → Supreme Leader ⓘ
subject linked to: Supreme Leader