List of Afghanistan Governors
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| Name of province Provinces of Afghanistan The provinces of Afghanistan are the primary administrative divisions of Afghanistan. As of 2004, there are thirty-four provinces in the country. Each province is further divided into smaller districts.... |
Name of governor | Took office | List |
| Badakhshan Badakhshan Province Badakhshan is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, consisting of 28 districts. It is located in the north-east of the country, between the Hindu Kush and the Amu Darya. It is part of the Badakhshan region.-Geography:... |
Baz Mohammad Ahmadi Baz Mohammad Ahmadi Baz Mohammad Ahmadi is the current Deputy Minister of Interior for Counter-Narcotics and the former Governor of Badakhshan, in Afghanistan. He previously was Governor of Ghor Province... |
3 May 2009 | all |
| Badghis Badghis Province Bādghīs is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in northwestern Afghanistan, between the Murghab and Hari rivers, extending as far northward as the edge of the desert of Sarakhs. It includes the Chul formations through which the Turkmen-Afghan boundary runs... |
Dilbar Jan Arman Shinwari | 24 January 2009 | all |
| Baghlan | Mohammad Akbar Barakzai Mohammad Akbar Barakzai Hajji Mohammad Akbar Barakzai is a politician in Afghanistan, serving as the governor of Baghlan Province.-Biography:Mohammad Akbar was born in Baghlan Province of Afghanistan. He graduated from Baghlan's Agriculture school in 1989... |
12 January 2009 | all |
| Balkh Balkh Province Balkh is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country and its name derives from the ancient city of Balkh, near the modern town... |
Atta Muhammad Nur | Late 2004 | all |
| Bamyan | Habiba Sarabi Habiba Sarabi Dr. Habiba Sarabi is a hematologist, politician, and reformer of the post-Taliban reconstruction of Afghanistan. In 2005, she was appointed as governor of Bamyan Province by President Hamid Karzai, becoming the first woman to ever be a governor of any province in the country... |
23 March 2005 | all |
| Daykundi | Qurban Ali Oruzgani Qurban Ali Oruzgani Qurban Ali Oruzgani was appointed as the Governor of Daykundi Province, Afghanistan on 15 April 2010.Brief Biography :This is Haji Qurban Ali Oruzgani son of Mirza Muhammad Eisa, born in a religious family in 1/1/1337 in a village named Bagh Char in environs of Oruzgan Province. While being a child... |
15 April, 2010 | all |
| Farah Farah Province Farah is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the southwest of the country. Its capital is Farah. Farah is a spacious and sparsely populated province that lies on the Iranian border... |
Roohul Amin Roohul Amin Roohul Amin is a politician in Afghanistan, currently serving as the Governor of Farah Province. He was appointed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in May 2008. -References:... |
May 2008 | all |
| Faryab Faryab Province Fāryāb is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country. Its capital is Maymana. The majority of the population is Uzbek.-History:... |
Abdul Haq Shafaq Abdul Haq Shafaq Abdul Haq Shafaq is the current governor of Faryab Province in Afghanistan. Before he has ben governor of Sar-e Pol Province and governor of Samangan Province.... |
2006 | all |
| Ghazni Ghazni Province Ghazni is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. Babur records in his Babur-Nama that Ghazni is also known as Zabulistan It is in the east of the country. Its capital is Ghazni City... |
Musa Khan Musa Khan (Afghan Governor) General Musa Khan Akbarzada is a politician in Afghanistan, serving as the governor of Ghazni province since May 16, 2010. He is an ethnic Pashtun from the Ahmadzai tribe. His former careers include consulate general in Peshawar, Pakistan, during the government of Burhanuddin Rabbani in early 1990s... |
May 16 2010 | all |
| Ghor | Sayyed Mohammad Eqbal Munib Sayyed Mohammad Eqbal Munib Sayyed Mohammad Eqbal Munib is the former governor of Ghor. Before this he has ben governor of Samangan and Sar-e Pol.As governor of Sar-e Pol Sayyed Mohammad Eqbal Muni survived two attempts on his life. One was on 24 April 2007, a "mine planted near a brook" which was remotely detonated by... |
2009 | all |
| Helmand Helmand Province Helmand is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the southwest of the country. Its capital is Lashkar Gah. The Helmand River flows through the mainly desert region, providing water for irrigation.... |
Mohammad Gulab Mangal | 22 March 2008 | all |
| Herat Herat Province Herat is one the 34 provinces of Afghanistan; together with Badghis, Farah, and Ghor provinces, it makes up the South-western region of the country... |
Daud Shah Saba Daud Shah Saba Dr. Daud Shah Saba is a politician in Afghanistan, who is serving as Governor of Herat Province since August 2010 when his predecessor Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani had resigned from the post.-Early years and education:... |
September 2010 | all |
| Jowzjan Jowzjan Province Jowzjān or Jōzjān or Jawzjan is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country. Its capital is Sheberghan.- Demographics :... |
Mohammad Hashim Zare Mohammad Hashim Zare Mohammad Hashim Zare is the current Governor of Jowzjan. Before this he has ben adviser to President Hamid Karzai.Ferouza Quraishi, the deputy of the Provincial Council of Jowzjan has accused Governor Zare of Wasting Foreign Aid... |
2008 | all |
| Kabul Kabul Province Kābul , situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul City, which is also Afghanistan's capital. The population of Kabul province is 3.5 million people as of 2009, of which almost 80 percent live in the urban areas... |
Zabihullah Mojaddidy Zabihullah Mojaddidy Dr. Zabihullah Mojaddidy is a politician in Afghanistan. He served as the Governor of Kabul Province between July 2009 and until resigning in March 2011. His resignation was due to a lack of support from development ministries and the Presidential Palace in regards to his ideas for the... |
July 2009 | all |
| Kandahar Kandahar Province Kandahar or Qandahar is one of the largest of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is located in southern Afghanistan, between Helmand, Oruzgan and Zabul provinces. Its capital is the city of Kandahar, which is located on the Arghandab River. The province has a population of nearly... |
Tooryalai Wesa Tooryalai Wesa Tooryalai Wesa is the current Governor of Kandahar Province, after replacing General Rahmatullah Raufi in December 2008. Tooryalai Wesa was born in village Kohak in District Arghandab and grew up in Kandahar... |
19 December 2008 | all |
| Kapisa Kapisa Province Kapisa is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north-east of the country. Its capital is Mahmud-i-Raqi, and other districts include Kohistan, Nijrab and Tagab. The population of Kapisa is estimated to be 364,900, although there has never been an official estimate... |
Ghulam Qawis Abubaker Ghulam Qawis Abubaker Ghulam Qawis Abubaker is the current governor of Kapisa, Afghanistan. He succeeded Abdul Sattar Murad, who was dismissed after critical comments in Newsweek regarding the central government's ineffectiveness in remote areas of the province.... |
2007 | all |
| Khost Khost Province Khost is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the east of the country. Khost province used to be part of Paktia province in the past... |
Abdul Jabbar Naeemi Abdul Jabbar Naeemi Abdul Jabbar Naeemi is an Afghan diplomat and politician. He is the current Governor of Khost Province in Afghanistan. At one time he served as a representative from Kandahar Province to the Loya Jirga... |
2010 | all |
| Kunar Kunar Province Kunar is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital is Asadabad. It is one of the four "N2KL" provinces... |
Fazlullah Wahidi Fazlullah Wahidi Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi is a politician in Afghanistan. He is the governor of Kunar Province, appointed by President Hamid Karzai on November 18, 2007... |
18 November 2007 | all |
| Kunduz | Mohammad Anwar Jegdalek | 2010/2011 | all |
| Laghman | Mohammad Iqbal Azizi Mohammad Iqbal Azizi Mohammad Iqbal Azizi is the current governor of Laghman Province in Afghanistan. He has been serving in this post sincesince 18 March 2010. Governor Azizi is the former head of the Education Department of Nangarhar Province. Iqbal is a member of the Afghan Social Democratic Party.-Notes:... |
March 18, 2010 | all |
| Logar | Atiqullah Ludin Atiqullah Ludin Atiqullah Ludin is the current Governor of Logar Province, Afghanistan. He is originally from Mohammad Agha District of Logar.Ludin replaced Abdullah Wardak as governor after Wardak was assassinated in the Paghman District on September 13, 2008.-References:... |
September 2008 | all |
| Nangarhar Nangarhar Province Nangarhar is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan in the east of the country. Its capital is the city of Jalalabad. The population of the province is 1,334,000, which consists mainly of ethnic Pashtuns with a sizable community of Arabs and Pashais.... |
Gul Agha Sherzai Gul Agha Sherzai Gul Agha Sherzai is the current Governor of Nangarhar province in Afghanistan.He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province, in the early 1990s and from 2001 until 2003.-Biography:... |
2004 | all |
| Nimroz | Abdul Karim Brahui Abdul Karim Brahui Abdul Karim Brahui is a politician in Afghanistan. He is the current Governor of Nimroz Province and has served previously as a minister in the Cabinet of Afghanistan. From February 2009 to August 2010, Brahui served as the Minister of Refugees... |
August 24, 2010 | all |
| Nuristan | Jamaluddin Badr Jamaluddin Badr Jamaludin Badr is the current Governor of the Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. He is the successor of Eng. Hazrat Din Noor who died in a car accident only a few months after he was installed.... |
September 2008 | all |
| Oruzgan Oruzgan Province Orūzgān or Urōzgān , also spelled Uruzgan or Rōzgān , is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the center of the country, though the area is culturally and tribally linked to Kandahar in the south. Its capital is Tarin Kowt... |
Asadullah Hamdam Asadullah Hamdam Assadullah Hamdam is a politician in Afghanistan politician who was appointed as Governor of Oruzgan Province by President Hamid Karzai in September 2007, to replace Governor Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib who had become ineffective. Assadullah is an ethnic Pashtun of the Ghilzais and is originally from... |
September 2007 | all |
| Parwan | Abdul Basir Salangi | 6 May 2009 | all |
| Paktia Paktia Province Paktia , is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, in the east of the country. Its capital is Gardez. The population is predominantly Pashtun.- History:... |
Juma Khan Hamdard Juma Khan Hamdard Juma Khan Hamdard is the current governor of Paktia Province, Afghanistan. He formerly served as governor of Baghlan and later Jowzjan.-Biography:... |
17 December 2007 | all |
| Paktika Paktika Province Paktika is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the south-east of the country. Most of the population is Pashtun. Its capital is Sharan.-Political and military situation:... |
Mohibullah Samim Mohibullah Samim Mohibullah Samim was appointed as the Governor of Paktika Province, Afghanistan on 20 April 2010. He was born in the Waghaz district of southern Ghazni province.... |
15 April, 2010 | all |
| Panjshir Panjshir Province Panjshir is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. Containing the Panjshir Valley, in April 2004 it was created from parts of Parwan Province, which now lies along its southwestern border. Panjshir's population is about 139,000 and covers an area of 3,610 square kilometers... |
Keramuddin Keram Keramuddin Keram Keramuddin Keram is a politician in Afghanistan, serving as Governor of Panjshir Province since April 21, 2010. He was previously Chief of staff in the Ministry of Defense under Mohammed Fahim between 2002 and December 2004. He is an ethnic Tajik.- See also :... |
4 March 2010 | all |
| Samangan Samangan Province Samangan is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The province covers and has a population of approximately 313,211, as of 2006.Its capital, Samangan, is known for its ancient ruins including, notably, the Takht e Rostam... |
Khairullah Anosh Khairullah Anosh Khairullah Anosh is the current Governor of Samangan Province, Afghanistan. He is the former district governor of Andkhoy District of Faryab Province.... |
13 April, 2010 | all |
| Sar-e Pol Sar-e Pol Province Sar-e Pol, also spelled Sari Pul , is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country. Sar-e-Pul Province is situated between the central highlands and the northern Turkmen plains. Sar-e-Pul borders Ghor and Baniyan provinces to the south, Faryab, Jawzjan and... |
Sayed Anwar Rahmati Sayed Anwar Rahmati Sayed Anwar Rahmati is a politician in Afghanistan, serving as Governor of Sar-e Pol Province since January 17, 2011. He was previously Chief of staff to Karim Khalili between 2004 and 2010. He is an ethnic Hazara... |
25 May, 2010 | all |
| Takhar Takhar Province Takhār is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It was established in 1964 when Qataghan Province was divided into three provinces: Baghlan, Kunduz and Takhar. It is in the north-east of the country. Its capital is Taloqan. Its salt mines are one of Afghanistan's major mineral resources... |
Abdul Jabbar Taqwa Abdul Jabbar Taqwa Abdul Jabbar Taqwa is a former governor of Parwan Province. He was born in Kabul in 1954, and was educated in Afghanistan before attending University of Peshawar in Peshawar, Pakistan.... |
March 16, 2010 | all |
| Wardak Wardak Province Maidan Wardak Province is one of thirty four provinces of Afghanistan located in the central east region of Afghanistan. It has a population of approximately 540,100. The capital of the province is Maidan Shar... |
Mohammad Halim Fidai Mohammad Halim Fidai Mohammad Halim Fidai was appointed as the Governor of Wardak Province in Central Afghanistan on July 24, 2008. Fidai an independent politician, the youngest among the 34 governors of Afghanistan... |
24 July 2008 | all |
| Zabul Zabul Province Zabul is a historic province of Afghanistan. Zabul became an independent province from neighbouring Kandahar in 1963, with Qalat being named the provincial capital. It should not be confused with the city Zabol, on the Iranian side of the border with Afghanistan.- Political and security situation... |
Mohammad Ashraf Naseri Mohammad Ashraf Naseri Mohammad Ashraf Naseri replaced longtime Zabul governor Delbar Jan Arman Shinwari in late March, 2009.An ethnic Pashtun from Paktia Province, Naseri separated from the Ittihad-e Islami under Abdul Rasul Sayyaf in 1992 or 1993 and is now politically unaffiliated.He has a BA in science from Kabul... |
March 2009 | all |