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Karim Khalili کریم خلیلی | |
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![]() Khalili in 2018 | |
Chairman of the Afghan High Peace Council | |
Assumed office 6 June 2017 | |
President | Ashraf Ghani |
Preceded by | Ahmed Gailani |
Second Vice President of Afghanistan | |
In office 7 December 2004 – 29 September 2014 | |
President | Hamid Karzai |
Preceded by | Ahmed Shakar Karkar |
Succeeded by | Sarwar Danish |
Personal details | |
Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan |
Political party | Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan |
Profession | Politician, Hezbe Wahdat leader, former Mujahideen leader |
Karim Khalili ( Persian: کریم خلیلی; born 1950) is an Afghan politician serving as leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan party. [1] Most recently he was Chief of the Afghan High Peace Council from 2017 until its dissolvement in 2019. [2] He was selected as a candidate for Second Vice President of Afghanistan in 2002 by Hamid Karzai; they were elected in 2004 and left office in 2014. [3] Since 1989, he has also been one of the main leaders of the Wahdat political party of Hazara. [4]
Khalili was born in the Maidan Wardak Province of Afghanistan in 1950 as either Muhammad Karim Khalili or Abdul Karim Khalili [5] [2] [6] [7] and belongs to Hazara ethnic group. [8] [9] He attended religious schools during his childhood and moved to Kabul in 1970 to continue his education. [10] He participated in the Afghanistan resistance during Soviet invasion. He also served as Minister of Finance of Afghanistan during the Mujahideen government in the early 1990s. [11]
He has two sons, the older of which is Mohammad Taqi Khalili, Afghanistan's Ambassador to Azerbaijan. [12]
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Karim Khalili کریم خلیلی | |
---|---|
![]() Khalili in 2018 | |
Chairman of the Afghan High Peace Council | |
Assumed office 6 June 2017 | |
President | Ashraf Ghani |
Preceded by | Ahmed Gailani |
Second Vice President of Afghanistan | |
In office 7 December 2004 – 29 September 2014 | |
President | Hamid Karzai |
Preceded by | Ahmed Shakar Karkar |
Succeeded by | Sarwar Danish |
Personal details | |
Born | 1950 (age 73–74) Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan |
Political party | Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan |
Profession | Politician, Hezbe Wahdat leader, former Mujahideen leader |
Karim Khalili ( Persian: کریم خلیلی; born 1950) is an Afghan politician serving as leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan party. [1] Most recently he was Chief of the Afghan High Peace Council from 2017 until its dissolvement in 2019. [2] He was selected as a candidate for Second Vice President of Afghanistan in 2002 by Hamid Karzai; they were elected in 2004 and left office in 2014. [3] Since 1989, he has also been one of the main leaders of the Wahdat political party of Hazara. [4]
Khalili was born in the Maidan Wardak Province of Afghanistan in 1950 as either Muhammad Karim Khalili or Abdul Karim Khalili [5] [2] [6] [7] and belongs to Hazara ethnic group. [8] [9] He attended religious schools during his childhood and moved to Kabul in 1970 to continue his education. [10] He participated in the Afghanistan resistance during Soviet invasion. He also served as Minister of Finance of Afghanistan during the Mujahideen government in the early 1990s. [11]
He has two sons, the older of which is Mohammad Taqi Khalili, Afghanistan's Ambassador to Azerbaijan. [12]