His Virtue Prof. Dr. Allahshukur Pashazade is the current Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims' Board (CMB), Chairman of the Qazi Council (Fetwa institution) of the CMB and Sheikh ul-Islam of Caucasus. Born in 1949, Azerbaijan, he received his religious education in Mir Arab Madrasah, Bukhara, then at Tashkent Islamic University, Uzbekistan, graduating in 1975. Upon his return to Azerbaijan, he held several religious posts. In 1980 he was elected Chairman of CMB and received the title of XXII Sheikh ul-Islam of Caucasus.

His Virtue has been co-chair of the CIS Interreligious Council since 2004 and currently serves as chairman of both the Advisory Council of Muslim Leaders of CIS and the Supreme Religious Board of Caucasian peoples. He is a Senior Fellow at the Royal Aal al-Bayt Institute for Islamic Thought in Jordan and a Fellow of the "Taqreeb bayn al Mazaheb" Committee and the "Dar al Taqreeb" Foundation, both dedicated to Islamic convergence.