List of governors of Nimruz
This is a list of governors of Nimruz. Nimruz is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the southwest of the country on the borders of Iran and Pakistan.
List
[edit]| Governor | Period | Extra | Note | ||
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Din Muhammad Delawar | 1895-1966 | First governor of the newly formed Nimruz Province | ||
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Abdul Qadir Qazi | 1966-1968 | |||
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Mir Aminuddin Ansari | 1968-1971 | |||
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Haji Muhammad Asif | 1971-1972 | |||
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Sakhi Ahmad Farhad | 1972-?[1] | |||
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Hamidullah Niyazmand | 1995 | Appointed as first Taliban governor of Nimruz and a member of the local Brahui ethnic group[2] | ||
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Mullah Ghani | 1995 | |||
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Abdul Ghani Baradar | 1995 | Removed from power in Mujahideen counter-attack on Zaranj[2] | ||
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Sher Malang | 1995-? | Believed Pakistani, Pashto speaker[2] | ||
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Mullah Muhammad Rasul | ?-2001 | Founded a new capital city for Nimruz Province at Khashrowd, called Ghurghuri[3] | ||
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Abdul Karim Brahui | 2001-2005 | Appointed governor after the fall of the Taliban government[2] | ||
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Ghulam Dastagir Azad | 2005-2010 | |||
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Abdul Qadir Qazi | 1866-1968 | |||
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Abdul Karim Brahui | 2010-2012 | Appointed August 2010 and dismissed September 2012[4] | ||
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Amir Muhammad Akhundzada | 201?- | |||
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Mohammad Samiullah | 2015- | Appointed Governor May 2015 | ||
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Sayed Wali Sultan | ?-? | |||
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Abdul Khaliq Abid | 2021-7 November 2021 | under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[5] | ||
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Najibullah Rafi | 7 November 2021-present | under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[6] | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Governors 1965-1972 taken from: Ludwig W. Adamec Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1975. ISBN 3-201-00921-0, ISBN 978-3-201-00921-8
- ^ a b c d Robert D. Crews, Amin Tarzi. The Taliban and the crisis of Afghanistan. Harvard University Press, 2008. ISBN 0-674-02690-X, 9780674026902. Pg 185-187
- ^ Robert D. Crews, Amin Tarzi. draftsage&q=%22Karim%20Brahui%22&f=false The Taliban and the crisis of Afghanistan. Harvard University Press, 2008. ISBN 0-674-02690-X, 9780674026902. Pg 185-187
- ^ Mogelson, Luke (18 October 2012). "The Scariest Little Corner of the World". The New York Times. p. 16. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
- ^ "(د نيمروز ولايت له والي محترم الحاج ملا عبدالخالق عابد صاحب سره مرکه) الاماره سټوډيو يي وړاندي کوي – الاماره پښتو".
- ^ "د نږدې شلو ولایاتو لپاره نوي والیان او امنیې قوماندانان وټاکل شول". November 7, 2021.
