Mir Rahman Rahmani

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Mir Rahman Rahmani
Speaker of the House of the People
In office
29 June 2019 – 15 August 2021
PresidentAshraf Ghani
DeputyAmir Khan Yar (first deputy)
Ahmad Shah Ramazan (second deputy)
Preceded byAbdul Rauf Ibrahimi
Member of the House of the People
In office
26 April 2019 – 15 August 2021
ConstituencyParwan Province
Personal details
Born1962 (age 61–62)
Bagram, Parwan Province, Afghanistan
Children1 son, 5 daughters
OccupationPolitician, businessman
EthnicityTajik

Mir Rahman Rahmani (Pashto: میررحمان رحماني, Dari: میر رحمان رحمانی; born 1962) is an Afghan politician and businessman who is the current de jure Speaker of Afghanistan's House of the People (Wolesi Jirga, the House of Representatives), holding the office since June 2019, until his flight from Afghanistan in 2021. He has been a member of the Wolesi Jirga since 2010.[1]

On 29 June 2019, he was elected as Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, receiving 136 votes; the other candidate, Mohammad Wardak, received 96 votes.[1][2]

Following the fall of Kabul into the control of the Taliban, Rahmani was obliged to leave Afghanistan.[3] In addition to his Afghan nationality, he also holds a Cypriot passport.

References

  1. ^ a b "Rahmani, Rahman Al-Haj Mir". afghan-bios.
  2. ^ "Mir Rahman Rahmani elected as Afghanistan parliament speaker". 1tvnews.
  3. ^ "Afghan President leaves country, Taliban directed to enter Kabul". The Khaama Press News Agency. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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