List of governors of Nimruz

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[edit]

	Period	Extra
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.

Governors of the provinces of Afghanistan

Badakhshan	Munshi Abdul Majid (2007–2009) Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2009–2021)
Badghis	Gul Mohammad Arefi (2001–2005) Enayatullah Enayat (2005–2007) Mohammad Ashraf Naseri Dilbar Jan Arman Shinwari (2009–) Hesamuddin Shams (2019-2021)
Baghlan	Mohammad Akbar Barakzai (2009–2010) Munshi Abdul Majid (2010–2021)
Balkh	Atta Muhammad Nur (2004–2021)
Bamyan	Habiba Sarabi (2005–2021)
Daykundi	Qurban Ali Oruzgani (2010–2021) Aminullah Zubair (2021-)
Farah	Roohul Amin (2008–2012) Mohammad Akram Khpalwak (2012-2014) Mohammad Asif Nang (2015-2021)
Faryab	Abdul Haq Shafaq (2006–2021)
Ghazni	Asadullah Khalid (2001–2005) Sher Alam Ibrahimi (2005–2006) Faizanullah Faizan (2007–2008) Osman Osmani (2008–2010) Musa Khan Ahmadzai (2010–2021)
Ghor	Ibrahim Malikzada (2001–2004) Abdul Qadir Alam (2004–2005) Shah Abdul Ahad Afzali (2005–2007) Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2007–2009) Mohammad Eqbal Munib (2009–2021)

Helmand	Sher Mohammad Akhundzada (2001–2005) Mohammad Daoud (2005–2006) Assadullah Wafa (2006–2008) Mohammad Gulab Mangal (2008–2021) Talib Mawlawi (2021–2021)
Herat	Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani (2009–2010) Daud Shah Saba (2010–2021)
Jowzjan	Mohammad Hashim Zare (2007-2010) Alhaj Baymorad Qoyunly (July 2013 - August 2021) Mohammad Ismail Rosekh (August 2021-)
Kabul	Haji Din Mohammad (2004–2009) Zabihullah Mojaddidy (2009–2011) Ahmadullah Alizai (2011-2021) Mullah Shirin Akhund (2021-)
Kandahar	Gul Agha Sherzai (2001–2003) Yousef Pashtun (2003–2005) Asadullah Khalid (2005–2008) Rahmatullah Raufi (2008–2008) Tooryalai Wesa (2008–2021) Yousaf Wafa (2021-)
Kapisa	Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007–2021)
Khost	Arsala Jamal (2006–2008) Hamidullah Qalandarzai (2008–2009) Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2010–2021) Mohammad Nabi Omari (2021-)
Kunar	Fazlullah Wahidi (2007–2013) Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala (2013-2014) Mohammad Omar Safi (2014-2021) Mohammad Usman Turabi (2021-)
Kunduz	Engineer Mohammad Omar (2006–2010) Muhammad Anwar Jigdaleg (2010-2021)
Laghman	Mohammad Golab Mangal (2006–08) Lutfullah Mashal (2008–2010) Mohammad Iqbal Azizi (2010–2021) Umar Yasir (2021-)

Logar	Fazlullah Mojadeddi (2001–2004) Mohammad Aman Hamimi (2004–2005) Sayed Abdul Karim Hashimi (2005–2007) Abdullah Wardak (2007–2008) Atiqullah Ludin (2008–2021)
Nangarhar	Abdul Qadir (2001–2002) Haji Din Mohammad (2002–04) Gul Agha Sherzai (2004–2021) Neda Mohammad (2021) Muzammil (2021-)
Nimruz	Abdul Karim Brahui (2001–2005) Ghulam Dastagir Azad (2005–2010) Abdul Karim Brahui (2010–2021)
Nuristan	Jamaluddin Badr (2008–2021)
Oruzgan	Jan Mohammed Khan (2002–2006) Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib (2006–2007) Assadullah Hamdam (2007–2010) Mohammad Sherzad (2010-2021)
Paktia	Pacha Khan Zadran (2001–2002) Taj Mohammad Wardak (2002–2002) Raz Mohammed Dalili (2002–04) Assadullah Wafa (2004–05) Hakim Taniwal (2005–2006) Rahmatullah Rahmat (2006–2007) Juma Khan Hamdard (2007–2021) Bilal Fatih Zadran (2021–)
Paktika	Mohibullah Samim (2010–2014) Abdul Karim Matin (2015–2021)
Panjshir	Keramuddin Keram (2010–2021)
Parwan	Abdul Basir Salangi (2009–2021)
Samangan	Khairullah Anosh (2010–2021)

Sar-e Pol	Anwar Rahmati (2010–2012) Abdul Jabar Haqbeen (2012-2021)
Takhar	Sayed Ikramuddin Masoomi (2002-2003) Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007-2009) Abdul Latif Ibrahimi (2009-2010) Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (2010–2012) Ahmad Faizal Begzad (2012-2013) Abdul Latif Ibrahimi (2013-2015) Yasin Zia (2015-2017) Fazlullah Mujadedi (2017-2019) Abdul Haq Shafaq (2019-2021)
Wardak	Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2005–2008) Mohammad Halim Fidai (2008–2021)
Zabul	Mohammad Ashraf Naseri (2009–2021)

v t e Nimruz Province
Capital: Zaranj
Districts	Chahar Burjak District Chakhansur Delaram Kang Khash Rod Zaranj
Populated places	Chakhansur Delaram Istoway Khash
Landforms	Dasht-e Khash Dasht-e Margo Hamun Lake
Other	Governors Capture of Zaranj Makaki Route 515 Route 522 Route 606 Zaranj Airport

List of governors of Nimruz

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