Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi

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Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi
Nationality Afghanistan
Occupation Legislator
Known for Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga

Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi is an Afghanistan legislator.[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. Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi was born in the Imam Sahib district of northern Kunduz province in 1962. After completing high school education in 1979, he was admitted to the Languages & Literature Faculty of Kabul University. But he joined the Jihad when the former Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. Following 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 was elected as speaker of the Wolesi Jirga. He earned his BA in the Arabic Department of the Literature Faculty at the Kabul University.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Afghan parliament sacks interior minister over corruption allegations". Press TV. 2013-07-22. 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.”
  2. ↑ "Today's Afghanistan". United Missions Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. 2011-06-05. 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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