Bektashi Dedebabate

Bektashi Dedebabate (Arabic: بكتاشى ضدببا) is the religious leadership of Bektashi Islam. The dedebabas (Albanian: kryegjysh) are the spiritual and religious leaders of the Bektashi community.^[1] Bektashis do not consider them as divinely appointed leaders. The current and eighth Bektashi debebaba is Baba Mondi.

List of dedebabas

List of dedebabas following the 1925 exodus of the Bektashi Order from Turkey to Albania:

No.	Name	Term in office
1	Salih Nijazi (1876–1941)	20 March 1930^[2]	28 November 1941
1	Salih Nijazi (1876–1941)	11 years, 8 months and 8 days
2	Ali Riza (1882–1944)	6 January 1942	22 February 1944
2	Ali Riza (1882–1944)	2 years, 1 month and 16 days
3	Kamber Ali (1869–1950)	12 April 1944	1945
3	Kamber Ali (1869–1950)	0 or 1 year
4	Xhafer Sadik (1874–1945)	5 May 1945	2 August 1945
4	Xhafer Sadik (1874–1945)	2 months and 28 days
5	Abaz Hilmi (1887–1947)	6 September 1945	19 March 1947
5	Abaz Hilmi (1887–1947)	1 year, 6 months and 13 days
6	Ahmet Myftar (1916–1980)	8 June 1947	1958
6	Ahmet Myftar (1916–1980)	9 or 10 years
7	Baba Reshat (1935–2011)	20 July 1993	2 April 2011
7	Baba Reshat (1935–2011)	17 years, 8 months and 13 days
8	Baba Mondi (1959)	11 June 2011	Incumbent
8	Baba Mondi (1959)	12 years, 3 months and 9 days