Mullah Mohammed Omar Mujahid (,
Mullā Muḥammad ‘Umar Mujāhid; 1950–1962 – 23 April 2013), often simply called
Mullah Omar, was the
supreme commander and the spiritual leader of the
Taliban. He was
Afghanistan's 11th
head of state from 1996 to late 2001, under the official title "Head of the Supreme Council". He died in 2013 of
tuberculosis, although this was not confirmed until 2015.