List of governors of Nimruz explained

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

GovernorPeriodExtraNote
Din Muhammad Delawar1895-1966First governor of the newly formed Nimruz Province
Abdul Qadir Qazi1966-1968
Mir Aminuddin Ansari1968-1971
Haji Muhammad Asif1971-1972
Sakhi Ahmad Farhad1972-?[1]
Hamidullah Niyazmand1995Appointed as first Taliban governor of Nimruz and a member of the local Brahui ethnic group[2]
Mullah Ghani1995
Abdul Ghani Baradar1995Removed from power in Mujahideen counter-attack on Zaranj
Sher Malang1995-?Believed Pakistani, Pashto speaker
Mullah Muhammad Rasul?-2001Founded a new capital city for Nimruz Province at Khashrowd, called Ghurghuri[3]
Abdul Karim Brahui2001-2005Appointed governor after the fall of the Taliban government
Ghulam Dastagir Azad2005-2010
Abdul Qadir Qazi1866-1968
Abdul Karim Brahui2010-2012Appointed August 2010 and dismissed September 2012[4]
Amir Muhammad Akhundzada201?-
Mohammad Samiullah2015-Appointed Governor May 2015
Sayed Wali Sultan?-?
Abdul Khaliq Abid2021-7 November 2021under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[5]
Najibullah Rafi7 November 2021-presentunder Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[6]

Notes and References

  1. Governors 1965-1972 taken from: Ludwig W. Adamec Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1975.,
  2. Robert D. Crews, Amin Tarzi. The Taliban and the crisis of Afghanistan. Harvard University Press, 2008., 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., 9780674026902. Pg 185-187
  4. News: The Scariest Little Corner of the World. Mogelson. Luke. 18 October 2012. The New York Times. 24 August 2018. 16.
  5. Web site: (د نيمروز ولايت له والي محترم الحاج ملا عبدالخالق عابد صاحب سره مرکه) الاماره سټوډيو يي وړاندي کوي – الاماره پښتو.
  6. Web site: د نږدې شلو ولایاتو لپاره نوي والیان او امنیې قوماندانان وټاکل شول. November 7, 2021.