Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi Explained

Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi
Office:Speaker of the House of the People
Term Start:27 February 2011
Term End:20 May 2019
Predecessor:Yunus Qanuni
Successor:Mir Rahman Rahmani
Birth Place:Imam Sahib, Kunduz Province, Afghanistan
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:Uzbek
Known For:Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga
Occupation:Politician, legislator
Spouse:NA
Children:NA

Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi is an Uzbek legislator and politician from Afghanistan.[1]

Biography

Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi was born in the Imam Sahib district of northern Kunduz Province in 1962, and is a member of the Ibrahims Clan. He finished his primary education at Basus Middle School in Imam Shabib District and later studied at a madrassa until 12th grade in Takharistan, Kunduz.[2] After completing high school education in 1979, he was admitted to the Languages & Literature Faculty of Kabul University.

He joined the Hezb-e Islam mujahedeen group when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Following the mujahidin's victory, he was appointed as Shir Khan Dry Port director in 1993. Subsequently, he was appointed as commander of 3rd southern border police zone.

After the collapse of the Taliban regime, he worked as commander of border police in 2002 before being elected as Emergency Loya Jirga member the same year. Ibrahimi was elected as Wolesi Jirga (lower house) member from Kunduz in 2005. He won a parliamentary seat for the second time in 2010 when he was elected as speaker of the Wolesi Jirga. He earned his BA in the Arabic Department of the Literature Faculty at the Kabul University.

Notes and References

  1. News: Watch: The remarkable calm of an Afghan politician as a Taliban bomb explodes in parliament . 2021-12-01 . 2015-06-22 . Adam Taylor . . Washington, D.C. . 0190-8286 . 1330888409.
  2. Web site: Ibrahimi, Haji Abdul Rauf Rawoof Raoof Ebrahimi. Afghan Biographies.