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.