'''Hakimullah Mahsud''' atau '''Hakimullah Mehsud''' (Pashtun/Urdu: . حکیم الله محسود) lahir [[Jamshed Mehsud]] (جمشید محسود) dia juga dikenali sebagai Zulfiqar Mehsud (ذو الفقار محسود) , adalah pemimpin dari [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]] (TTP<ref name=bbcprofile>{{cite news|title=Profile: Hakimullah Mehsud |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8219223.stm|work=BBC News|date=25 August 2009|accessdate=5 January 2010}}</ref><ref name=kahn20090822>{{cite news|author=Kahn, Ismail and Polgreen, Linda|title=New leader of Pakistan's Taliban is named, though officials believe he is dead |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/world/asia/23pstan.html|date=22 August 2009|work=The New York Times|accessdate=22 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Alex Rodriguez and Zulfiqar Ali|title=Pakistani Taliban names new leader |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-taliban-leader23-2009aug23,0,7080329.story |date=22 August 2009|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=22 August 2009}}</ref>). Dia juga merupakan wakil komandan Baitullah Mehsud dan merupakan salah satu pemimpin kelompok militan Fedayeen al-Islam sebelum kematian saudaranya dalam serangan rudal drone CIA<ref name=yusufzainov2008>{{cite web|url=http://www.allvoices.com/news/1904884-pakistan-hakimullah |title=Hakimullah Mehsud unveils himself to media |publisher=All Voices |date=29 November 2008 |accessdate=9 December 2012|archiveurl=https://archive.is/Ji59c|archivedate=17 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=economistApril2009>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displayStory.cfm?story_id=13446862|title=Pakistan's extremists: The slide downhill|date=8 April 2009|work=The Economist|accessdate=28 May 2009}}</ref><ref name=TimesOfIndia2009-08-09>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/world/pakistan/Baitullahs-likely-successor-Hakimullah-dies-in-Taliban-infighting/articleshow/4872084.cms|title=Baitullah's likely successor Hakimullah dies in Taliban infighting|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Fnews%2Fworld%2Fpakistan%2FBaitullahs-likely-successor-Hakimullah-dies-in-Taliban-infighting%2Farticleshow%2F4872084.cms&date=2009-08-09|archivedate=9 August 2009|date=9 August 2009|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>.
Mahsud adalah komandan TTP di Khyber, Kurram dan Orakzai. Ia diketahui lahir pada tahun 1979 dan meupakan sepupu [[Qari Hussain]]. Ia dikenal sebagai komandan lapangan Taliban Pakistan yang muda dan agresif, sebelumnya ia hanya bekerja sebagai sopir dan sangat dekat dengan [[Baitullah Mehsud]]<ref name=nytimes20090822>{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|title=Pakistani Taliban Choose New Chief|url=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/08/22/world/AP-AS-Pakistan.html|work=The New York Times|date=22 August 2009|accessdate=22 August 2009}}</ref>. Hakimullah Mahsud mempertahankan hubungan dengan [[al-Qaeda]], [[Taliban|Taliban Afghanistan]] dan berbagai kelompok jihad lainya di Pakistan, seperti [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]], [[Lashkar-e-Jhangvi]], dan [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]]. Laporan awalnya mengatakan ia pernah terluka parah pada tanggal 14 Januari 2010 diakibatkan oleh serangan pesawat tak berawak AS<ref name=CNNdead>{{cite news |title=Sources: Pakistani Taliban leader is dead |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/09/pakistan.meshud.dead/ |publisher=CNN |date=9 February 2010 |accessdate=9 February 2010}}</ref><ref name=npr20100210>{{Cite news|title = Pakistani Officials Say Taliban Chief Is Dead|work=NPR |date=10 February 2010|url = http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123558839&ft=1&f=1004|accessdate =11 February 2010 }} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>, namun dalam dua rekaman video yang dirilis oleh TTP pada tahun 2010 dan 2011 telah membuktikan bahwa ia selamat dari serangan tersebut<ref name=gall20100403>{{cite news|first=Carlotta|last=Gall|title=Video Shows U.S. Attack Did Not Kill Top Militant|work=The New York Times|date=3 April 2010|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/world/asia/03taliban.html#|accessdate=3 April 2010}}</ref><ref name="liveleak.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e01_1298199749 |title=Taliban release video of killing of Col Imam |publisher=LiveLeak.com |accessdate=17 January 2012}}</ref>. Mahsud juga pernah dilaporkan oleh intelijen Pakistan telah terbunuh oleh serangan pesawat tak berawak AS pada 12 Januari 2012<ref name='ap20120114'>{{cite news|title=Hakimullah Mehsud reportedly killed in drone strike|date = 14 January 2012|url=http://www.dawn.com/2012/01/15/hakimullah-mehsud-reportedly-killed-in-drone-strike.html|work= Dawn|location=Pakistan|accessdate=15 January 2012}}</ref>. Namun klaim tersebut dibantah oleh Taliban Pakistan<ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistani Taliban Deny Death of Leader|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204555904577162311210518958.html|work=The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=16 January 2012|date=16 January 2012}}</ref>. Hingga kemudian ia dikonfirmasi terbunuh dalam serangan pesawat tak berawak pada tanggal [[1 November]] [[2013]]<ref name="foxnews1">{{cite web|title=Drone strike in Pakistan kills head of Pakistan Taliban|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/11/01/drone-strike-in-pakistan-kills-head-pakistan-taliban-security-sources-say/|work=Fox News|accessdate=1 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pakistan Taliban say chief Mehsud killed in drone strike|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24776363|work=BBC|accessdate=1 November 2013}}</ref>.
