Hamid Karzai
Hamid Karzai (Pashto: حامد کرزی, <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Hāmid Karzay; born 24 December 1957[1]) is a former President of Afghanistan. He served from 22 December 2001 to 29 September 2014. He was the first democratically elected leader of the country.
Hamid Karzai حامد کرزی | |
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| President of Afghanistan | |
| In office 22 December 2001 – 29 September 2014 Acting: 22 December 2001 – 7 December 2004 | |
| Vice President | Karim Khalili Mohammed Fahim Yunus Qanuni |
| Preceded by | Burhanuddin Rabbani |
| Succeeded by | Ashraf Ghani |
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| Born | 24 December 1957 Kandahar, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Zeenat Quraishi (1999–present) |
| Children | Mirwais Malalai Howsi |
| Alma mater | Himachal Pradesh University |
He is ethnic Pashtun from Kandahar and can speak several different language, including English, French, Persian, Urdu and his native Pashto language. He was educated in Afghanistan and India. He lived in Pakistan before becoming popular in late 2001. He has many family members and relatives living in the United States.
Hamid Karzai Media
Karzai appointed as President of the Afghan Transitional Administration at the June 2002 loya jirga (grand assembly) in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Karzai speaking before the U.S. Congress in June 2004
Karzai's inauguration on 7 December 2004, after winning the presidential election.
Karzai with former US President George W. Bush and wife Laura Bush at Camp David in 2007.
45th Munich Security Conference 2009: Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Repubic of Afghanistan, during his speech on Sunday morning.
Karzai at the 2011 Afghan Independence Day in Kabul, which is held every year on 19 August to commemorate Afghanistan's independence from British control over its foreign affairs.
Karzai with former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in June 2006.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen with Karzai in 2009
Karzai with Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev in 2010.
Karzai speaking at the 47th Munich Security Conference in 2011.
References
- ↑ "Hamid Karzai Biography". Biography.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2013.