Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai

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Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai
عبد الحكيم اسحاقزى
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Ishaqzai in 2020
Acting Justice Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Assumed office
7 September 2021
Prime MinisterHasan Akhund (acting)
LeaderHibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded by
Chief Justice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Assumed office
(as Chief Justice of Afghanistan)

15 August 2021
Preceded by
Assumed office
25 May 2016
Deputy
LeaderHibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded byHibatullah Akhundzada
Justice on the Kandahar Primary Court
In office
c. 1995 – c. 2001
Prime MinisterMohammad Rabbani
Abdul Kabir
LeaderMohammed Omar
Personal details
Born1967 (age 54–55)
Panjwayi, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
NationalityAfghan
ProfessionPolitician, writer
Political affiliationTaliban

Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai (Pashto: عبد الحكيم اسحاقزى Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl haˈkim ɪshaqˈzai]; born 1967), also known as Abdul Hakim Haqqani (Pashto: عبد الحكيم حقاني Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl haˈkim haqɑˈni]) and Abdul Hakim Sharie[1] (Pashto: عبدالحکیم شرعی Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl haˈkim ʃaˈrai]; also spelt Sharai[2] or Sharia[3]), is an Afghan Islamic scholar, writer and the current chief justice of the Supreme Court since 2021[4] and Afghan Minister of Justice. He has also served as chief justice of the Supreme Court in the previous government. He was the chairman of the negotiation team in the Qatar office. He is one of the founding members of the Taliban movement and was a close associate of the late leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.[5][6]

Early life[]

He was born to Mawlawi Khudaidad in 1967 in the Panjwayi District of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. He graduated from Darul Uloom Haqqania, a Deobandi Islamic seminary (darul uloom), in Pakistan, and taught there.[6]

Career[]

Judiciary[]

During the rule of the first Islamic Emirate, in addition to teaching, he also served in the Appellate Court and at the Central . Following the appointment of Hibatullah Akhundzada as Supreme Commander, Ishaqzai was appointed Chief Justice.[7]

Diplomacy[]

In September 2020, he was appointed the Taliban's chief negotiator for peace talks in Qatar with the government of Afghanistan,[6] replacing Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, who became his deputy in the 21-member negotiating team.[8]

Literary works[]

تتمة النظام في تاریخ القضاء في الاسلام. مكتبه دار العلوم الشرعيه.[9]

References[]

Legal offices
Preceded by Chief Justice of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
2016–present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Chief Justice of Afghanistan
2021–present
Political offices
Preceded by
Acting Justice Minister of Afghanistan
2021–present
Incumbent
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