Homeira Malikyar Seljuqi (1912–1990) was an Afghan politician. Alongside Aziza Gardizi, she was one of the first two female Senators nominated in 1965.
Homeira Seljuqi | |
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| Member of the Senate | |
| In office 1965–1973 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1912 Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Died | 1990 |
Biography
editSeljuqi's father died when she was a young girl. After being sent to India for treatment for an illness, Seljuqi met her future husband Salihuddin Seljuk, an Afghan consul.[1]
Following the 1965 parliamentary elections, the first in which women could vote and run for office, Seljuqi and Gardizi were appointed to the Senate by King Mohammed Zahir Shah,[2][3] while four women were elected to the House of the People.[4] She was reappointed to the Senate following the 1969 elections.[2]
After the Saur Revolution in 1979, Seljuqi moved to India. She died in 1990.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b عالمه استاد صالح الدین سلجوقی Afghan German
- ^ a b Hafizullah Emadi (2008) Establishment of Afghanistan’s Parliament and the Role of Women Parliamentarians Retrospect and Prospects Archived 2021-10-10 at the Wayback Machine Internationales Asienforum, Volume 39, Number 1–2, pp5–19
- ^ Afghanistan: Women and reconstruction Archived 2021-09-24 at the Wayback Machine International Crisis Group
- ^ Hafizullah Emadi (2002) Repression, Resistance, and Women in Afghanistan p85