Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi
Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi عبدالرؤوف ابراهیمی | |
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 Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi in 2011 | |
| Speaker of the House of the People | |
| Assumed office 27 February 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Yunus Qanuni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Imam Sahib, Kunduz Province, Afghanistan |
| Nationality |  Afghanistan |
| Spouse | 2 |
| Children | 6 sons, 8 daughters |
| Residence | Kabul City |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Known for | Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga |
| Ethnicity | Uzbek |
Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi is an Uzbek legislator and politician from Afghanistan.[1] He is currently the Speaker for the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its bicameral National Assembly; he has been speaker since at least 2011.
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.[3]
References
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"Afghan parliament sacks interior minister over corruption allegations". Press TV. 2013-07-22. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
Afghan Parliament Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi said on Monday, "He (Patang) has lost the vote of confidence and I on behalf of the Wolesi Jirga (parliament's lower house) request the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to introduce another individual to the parliament for a vote of confidence."
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"Today's Afghanistan". United Missions Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. 2011-06-05. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
President Karzai has once again failed to keep his promise of sending a complete list of cabinet choices to the Wolesi Jirga, lower house of Parliament, for a vote of confidence. Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi informed the house on Saturday that the president had phoned him to say that parliamentarians could go on summer recess while the list is prepared.
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