Musa Khan Ahmadzai

Musa Khan Akbarzada موسی خان اکبرزاده
Musa Khan speaking in July 2011

Governor of Ghazni province, Afghanistan
In office 16 May 2010 – 2 September 2015
Preceded by	Osman Osmani
Succeeded by	Mohammad Aman Hamimi

Personal details
Born	1956 (age 67–68) Paktia Province

General Musa Khan Akbarzada (born 1956, in Paktia Province) is a politician in Afghanistan. He served as the governor of Ghazni province from 2010 to 2015.^[1] He is an ethnic Pashtun from the Ahmadzai tribe. His former careers include Consul General in Afghan consulate general in Peshawar, Pakistan, during the government of Burhanuddin Rabbani in early 1990s, after this he was appointed as Afghan Ambassador to Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Prior to that he was a commander for Abdul Rasul Sayyaf and before that he was a general in the Afghan National Army, during the time of the Daud Khan administration in the 1970s.^[2]

He has been praised by the New York Times for, among other things, supporting girls' education.^[3]

References

^ "Next step to Ghazni 2013 project".
^ Akbarzada, Muhammad Musa Khan
^ Giacomo, Carol (May 17, 2012). "An Afghan Governor's Campaign to Win Over the Citizens of His Province". New York Times. Retrieved 21 June 2013.

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Preceded by

Osman Osmani

Governor of Ghazni province, Afghanistan
June 2008 – present

Succeeded by

Incumbent

Governors of the provinces of Afghanistan

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Baghlan	Mohammad Akbar Barakzai (2009–2010) Munshi Abdul Majid (2010–2021)
Balkh	Atta Muhammad Nur (2004–2021)
Bamyan	Habiba Sarabi (2005–2021)
Daykundi	Qurban Ali Oruzgani (2010–2021) Aminullah Zubair (2021-)
Farah	Roohul Amin (2008–2012) Mohammad Akram Khpalwak (2012-2014) Mohammad Asif Nang (2015-2021)
Faryab	Abdul Haq Shafaq (2006–2021)
Ghazni	Asadullah Khalid (2001–2005) Sher Alam Ibrahimi (2005–2006) Faizanullah Faizan (2007–2008) Osman Osmani (2008–2010) Musa Khan Ahmadzai (2010–2021)
Ghor	Ibrahim Malikzada (2001–2004) Abdul Qadir Alam (2004–2005) Shah Abdul Ahad Afzali (2005–2007) Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2007–2009) Mohammad Eqbal Munib (2009–2021)

Helmand	Sher Mohammad Akhundzada (2001–2005) Mohammad Daoud (2005–2006) Assadullah Wafa (2006–2008) Mohammad Gulab Mangal (2008–2021) Talib Mawlawi (2021–2021)
Herat	Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani (2009–2010) Daud Shah Saba (2010–2021)
Jowzjan	Mohammad Hashim Zare (2007-2010) Alhaj Baymorad Qoyunly (July 2013 - August 2021) Mohammad Ismail Rosekh (August 2021-)
Kabul	Haji Din Mohammad (2004–2009) Zabihullah Mojaddidy (2009–2011) Ahmadullah Alizai (2011-2021) Mullah Shirin Akhund (2021-)
Kandahar	Gul Agha Sherzai (2001–2003) Yousef Pashtun (2003–2005) Asadullah Khalid (2005–2008) Rahmatullah Raufi (2008–2008) Tooryalai Wesa (2008–2021) Yousaf Wafa (2021-)
Kapisa	Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007–2021)
Khost	Arsala Jamal (2006–2008) Hamidullah Qalandarzai (2008–2009) Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2010–2021) Mohammad Nabi Omari (2021-)
Kunar	Fazlullah Wahidi (2007–2013) Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala (2013-2014) Mohammad Omar Safi (2014-2021) Mohammad Usman Turabi (2021-)
Kunduz	Engineer Mohammad Omar (2006–2010) Muhammad Anwar Jigdaleg (2010-2021)
Laghman	Mohammad Golab Mangal (2006–08) Lutfullah Mashal (2008–2010) Mohammad Iqbal Azizi (2010–2021) Umar Yasir (2021-)

Logar	Fazlullah Mojadeddi (2001–2004) Mohammad Aman Hamimi (2004–2005) Sayed Abdul Karim Hashimi (2005–2007) Abdullah Wardak (2007–2008) Atiqullah Ludin (2008–2021)
Nangarhar	Abdul Qadir (2001–2002) Haji Din Mohammad (2002–04) Gul Agha Sherzai (2004–2021) Neda Mohammad (2021) Muzammil (2021-)
Nimruz	Abdul Karim Brahui (2001–2005) Ghulam Dastagir Azad (2005–2010) Abdul Karim Brahui (2010–2012)
Nuristan	Jamaluddin Badr (2008–2021)
Oruzgan	Jan Mohammed Khan (2002–2006) Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib (2006–2007) Assadullah Hamdam (2007–2010) Mohammad Sherzad (2010-2021)
Paktia	Pacha Khan Zadran (2001–2002) Taj Mohammad Wardak (2002–2002) Raz Mohammed Dalili (2002–04) Assadullah Wafa (2004–05) Hakim Taniwal (2005–2006) Rahmatullah Rahmat (2006–2007) Juma Khan Hamdard (2007–2021) Bilal Fatih Zadran (2021–)
Paktika	Mohibullah Samim (2010–2014) Abdul Karim Matin (2015–2021)
Panjshir	Keramuddin Keram (2010–2021)
Parwan	Abdul Basir Salangi (2009–2021)
Samangan	Khairullah Anosh (2010–2021)

Sar-e Pol	Anwar Rahmati (2010–2012) Abdul Jabar Haqbeen (2012-2021)
Takhar	Sayed Ikramuddin Masoomi (2002-2003) Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007-2009) Abdul Latif Ibrahimi (2009-2010) Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (2010–2012) Ahmad Faizal Begzad (2012-2013) Abdul Latif Ibrahimi (2013-2015) Yasin Zia (2015-2017) Fazlullah Mujadedi (2017-2019) Abdul Haq Shafaq (2019-2021)
Wardak	Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2005–2008) Mohammad Halim Fidai (2008–2021)
Zabul	Mohammad Ashraf Naseri (2009–2021)