List of leaders of the Islamic State

This is a list of leaders of the Islamic State since the establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq.

List of Spokesmen of the Islamic State

 * Abu Mohammad al-Adnani
 * Abul-Hasan al-Muhajir
 * Abu Hamza Al-Qurashi
 * Abu Omar al-Muhajir
 * Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari

Leaders of the international branches of the Islamic State
List of known leaders of the international branches of the Islamic State part of the worldwide caliphate.

Boko Haram as part of ISIL

 * 1) Abubakar Shekau (2015–2016)

Islamic State – Caucasus Province

 * 1) Rustam Asildarov (23 June 2015 – 3 December 2016)

Islamic State in the Greater Sahara

 * 1) Adnan Abu Walid al-Sahrawi (13 May 2015 – 2019)
 * 2) Abdoul Hakim al-Sahrawi (2019 (Possible) – present)

Islamic State – Khorasan Province

 * 1) Hafiz Saeed Khan (2015 – July 2016)
 * 2) Abdul Haseeb Logari  (2016 – April 2017)
 * 3) Abdul Rahman Ghaleb  (April – July 2017)
 * 4) Abu Saad Erhabi (July 2017 – August 2018)
 * 5) Ziya ul-Haq  (August 2018 – April 2019)
 * 6) Abdullah Orokzai   (April 2019 – April 2020)
 * 7) Shahab al-Muhajir (April 2020 – present)

Islamic State in Libya

 * 1) Abu Nabil al-Anbari (13 November 2014 – 13 November 2015)
 * 2) Abdul Qader al-Najdi (March 2016 – present) (possible death in September 2020)

Islamic State in Somalia

 * 1) Abdul Qadir Mumin (22 October 2015 – present)

Islamic State – West Africa Province

 * 1) Abubakar Shekau (2015 – 2016) – deposed for being too radical
 * 2) Abu Musab al-Barnawi (2016 – 2019) – deposed and demoted without explanation
 * 3) Abu Abdullahi Umar Al Barnawi "Ba Idrisa" (2019 – 2020) – purged and reportedly killed after some of his followers opposed his deposition
 * 4) Lawan Abubakar "Ba Lawan" / "Abba Gana" (2020 – 2021)

Claimed leaders by media and officials

 * 1) Lawan Abubakar (July – August 2021)
 * 2) "Abu Dawud" / "Aba Ibrahim" (from August 2021)
 * 3) Malam Bako or Abu Musab al-Barnawi (c.  October 2021)
 * 4) Sani Shuwaram (from November 2021)

Islamic State – Yemen Province

 * 1) Abu Bilal al-Harbi (c. 2014 – March 2017 ( or earlier) )
 * 2) Abu Osama al-Muhajir  (March 2017 – 25 June 2019)