Abdul Latif Mansour | |
Office: | Acting Ministry of Energy and Water |
Term Start: | 7 September 2021 |
1Blankname: | Supreme Leader |
1Namedata: | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
Primeminister: | Mohammad Hassan Akhund (acting) |
Office1: | Member of the Leadership Council of Afghanistan |
Term Start1: | May 2002[1] |
Office2: | Agriculture Minister of Afghanistan |
2Blankname2: | Leader |
2Namedata2: | Mohammed Omar |
Primeminister2: | Mohammad Rabbani Abdul Kabir |
Successor2: | Abdul Rahman Rashid (2021) |
Birth Date: | 1968 |
Birth Place: | Gerda Serai District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan |
Party: | Taliban |
Occupation: | Politician, Taliban member |
Mullah Abdul Latif Mansour (Pushto; Pashto: ملا عبداللطيف منصور in Pushto; Pashto pronounced as /ˈabdʊl laˈtif manˈsur/; born 1968) is a politician in Afghanistan. He is currently serving as the acting Minister of Energy and Water, a position he held since 7 September 2021.[2] [3] [4] [5] He is considered a senior leader of the Taliban religious organization.
Mansour in the past was a member of the negotiation team in the Qatar office. He previously served as Minister of Agriculture, a member of the Taliban Supreme Council, a commander in eastern Afghanistan, and a shadow governor of Nangarhar Province during the previous Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001).[6] [7]
Mansour was born in 1968 in the Gerda Serai District, Paktia Province. He is a nephew of Commander Nasrullah Mansoor and belongs to the Ghilzai tribe of Pashtuns.[8] He spent most of his life in Pakistan, where he completed his Islamic studies at the Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.[9]