Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
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Updated 2026-05-29
Led ISIS from 2014 until his death in a 2019 U.S. raid. Al-Baghdadi declared himself caliph and commanded global attention as one of the most-tracked militant figures of the 2010s.
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Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri, commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was an Iraqi militant leader and former teacher who was the founder and first leader of the Islamic State (IS), who proclaimed himself caliph in 2014 and stayed in power until his suicide in an American operation in 2019.
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Stable38.9
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Momentum0.5
Historical23.6
Source confidence65.0
Completeness65.0
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