Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (Pashto: ګلبدین حکمتیار‎; Persian: گلبدین حکمتیار‎‎; born 1947) is the former Prime Minister of Afghanistan and founder and active leader of the Hezb-e Islami political party, and a designated "global terrorist" by the United States. After escaping from prison in Afghanistan in 1973, he moved to Pakistan.