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List of governors of Nimruz

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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

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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

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  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. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)