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
editGovernor | Period | Extra | Note | ||
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Din Muhammad Delawar | 1895-1966 | First governor of the newly formed Nimruz Province | |||
Abdul Qadir Qazi | 1966-1968 | ||||
Mir Aminuddin Ansari | 1968-1971 | ||||
Haji Muhammad Asif | 1971-1972 | ||||
Sakhi Ahmad Farhad | 1972-?[1] | ||||
Hamidullah Niyazmand | 1995 | Appointed as first Taliban governor of Nimruz and a member of the local Brahui ethnic group[2] | |||
Mullah Ghani | 1995 | ||||
Abdul Ghani Baradar | 1995 | Removed from power in Mujahideen counter-attack on Zaranj[2] | |||
Sher Malang | 1995-? | Believed Pakistani, Pashto speaker[2] | |||
Mullah Muhammad Rasul | ?-2001 | Founded a new capital city for Nimruz Province at Khashrowd, called Ghurghuri[3] | |||
Abdul Karim Brahui | 2001-2005 | Appointed governor after the fall of the Taliban government[2] | |||
Ghulam Dastagir Azad | 2005-2010 | ||||
Abdul Qadir Qazi | 1866-1968 | ||||
Abdul Karim Brahui | 2010-2012 | Appointed August 2010 and dismissed September 2012[4] | |||
Amir Muhammad Akhundzada | 201?- | ||||
Mohammad Samiullah | 2015- | Appointed Governor May 2015 | |||
Sayed Wali Sultan | ?-? | ||||
Abdul Khaliq Abid | 2021-7 November 2021 | under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[5] | |||
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.