National United Party of Afghanistan
حزب متحد ملی افغانستان
LeaderBahadur Ayubi
FounderNur ul-Haq Ulumi
Founded21 August 2003
Preceded byPDPA (Parcham)
HeadquartersKabul, Afghanistan
IdeologyGhilzai Pashtuns interests
Secularism
Socialism
Progressivism
Feminism
Egalitarianism
Left-wing nationalism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationNational Coalition of Afghanistan[1][2]
Seats in the Leadership Council
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Party flag
Website
mehrwatan.com

The National United Party of Afghanistan (Dari: حزب متحد ملی افغانستان, Hezb-e Muttahed-e Melli) is a political party in Afghanistan.[3]

History

The party was formed on 21 August 2003 by a group of former People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) members.[4] The party was registered on 21 August 2003.[5] The party aims to unite all the former members of the PDPA.[6]

The party was founded by General Nur ul-Haq Ulumi, a former member of the Central Committee of the PDPA's Parcham faction,[4] and is a member of the National Coalition of Afghanistan led by Abdullah Abdullah.[1][2]

Ulumi, the party's leader, was elected as an MP for Kandahar Province in 2005, with 13,035 out of a total of 178,269 votes. The only candidate to receive a higher number of votes was Qayum Karzai, the elder brother of President Hamid Karzai, who received 14,243 votes. In 2010 Ulumi failed to be re-elected, failing to receive even 3,000 out of a total of 85,385 votes, amid accusations of electoral fraud and vote rigging.[7]

Having supported Abdullah Abdullah in the 2014 Afghan presidential election,[8] party leader Nur ul-Haq Ulumi was nominated by Abdullah to be Minister of Interior in the unity government of Ashraf Ghani in January 2015.[9] However, Parliament introduced a ban on cabinet minister appointments with dual citizenship. After renouncing his dual citizenship with the Netherlands, Ulumi was nominated again,[10] and confirmed as Interior Minister on 27 January 2015. As it is prohibited under Afghan law for ministers of the military hold party membership, Ulumi's party membership was cancelled in the party for his tenure as minister, and was replaced by current acting leader Engineer Bahadur Ayubi.[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Presidential Election 2014
  2. ^ a b Crilly, Rob (4 April 2014). "Afghanistan elections: what next for Hamid Karzai?". The Daily Telegraph. Kabul.
  3. ^ Katzman, Kenneth (11 October 2011). Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance (PDF) (Report). Congressional Research Service. p. 3.
  4. ^ a b "National Unity Party of Afghanistan". Payam-Aftab.
  5. ^ "National Unity Party of Afghanistan". Payam-e-Aftab. 5 March 2013.
  6. ^ Afghan Biographies - Olumi, Noorulhaq Noor ul Haq Olomi Ulumi Archived 23 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Aikins, Matthieu (25 October 2010). "2010 Elections 29: Losing legitimacy – Kandahar's preliminary winners". Afghanistan Analysts Network.
  8. ^ "New Afghan Cabinet Finally Announced". Gandhara. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  9. ^ Sune Engel Rasmussen (12 January 2015). "Afghan president names cabinet three months after taking power". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Ulumi and Rabbani Reintroduced as Ministerial Nominees". Tolo News. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  11. ^ "List of Political Parties in Afghanistan -". 1 July 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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