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

Governor Period Extra Note
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

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Mogelson, Luke (18 October 2012). "The Scariest Little Corner of the World". The New York Times. p. 16. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. ^ "(د نيمروز ولايت له والي محترم الحاج ملا عبدالخالق عابد صاحب سره مرکه) الاماره سټوډيو يي وړاندي کوي – الاماره پښتو".
  6. ^ "د نږدې شلو ولایاتو لپاره نوي والیان او امنیې قوماندانان وټاکل شول". November 7, 2021.
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