Mohammad Akram Khpalwāk Explained

Mohammad Akram Khpalwak
Office:Governor of Farah, Afghanistan
Term Start:3 April 2012
Term End:1 December 2014
Predecessor:Roohul Amin
Successor:Muhammad Omar Shirzad
Office2:Governor of Paktika, Afghanistan
Term Start2:March 15, 2006
Term End2:April 20, 2010
Predecessor2:Gulab Mangal
Successor2:Mohibullah Samim
Birth Place:Afghanistan

Mohammad Akram Khpalwāk (Pushto; Pashto: محمد اکرم خپلواک) is a politician in Afghanistan who was Governor of Farah province from 3 April 2012 to 1 December 2014. Between March 2006 and April 2010, he served as Governor of Paktika province.[1]

Khpalwak attended the Kabul University Medical School. He became a leader of the Afghanistan Youth Society. He was appointed a representative of the Loya Jirga, the appointed body that drafted the new constitution prior to the first elections to the new Wolesi Jirga. He ran for a seat in the Wolesi Jirga, but earned only a small fraction of the popular vote. In April 2017, Khpalwak succeeded the recently deceased Ahmed Gailani as chairman of the Afghan High Peace Council.

References

  1. News: Paktika Executive Summary . . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606125038/http://www.nps.edu/Programs/CCS/Docs/Executive%20Summaries/Paktika%20Executive%20Summary%20Final%20Edit.pdf . 6 June 2011 . dead.