First Lady of Afghanistan

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First Lady of Afghanistan
First Lady's Standard
Flag of Afghanistan
Residence	Presidential Citadel, Kabul, Afghanistan
Term length	Concurrent with the president's term (unless a divorce or death takes place)
Inaugural holder	Zamina Begum
Formation	17 July 1973

First Lady of Afghanistan is the title attributed to the wife of the president of Afghanistan. Rula Ghani, wife of former President Ashraf Ghani, was the last first lady of Afghanistan, from 2014 to 2021.

List of first ladies of Afghanistan[]

Nº	Image	First Lady	Birth	Marriage	President	Tenure began	Tenure ended	Age at tenure start	Death
01.01		Zamina BegumZamina Begum	19171917	September 1934[citation needed]	Mohammed Daoud KhanMohammed Daoud Khan	17 July 1973	28 April 1978	155–56	1978
01.02		Fatana NajibFatana Najib	1953		Mohammad NajibullahMohammad Najibullah	30 September 1987	16 April 1992	1	-
01.03		Zeenat KarzaiZeenat Karzai	1731-06-021970	1999	Hamid KarzaiHamid Karzai	2001	2014	131	-
01.04		Rula SaadahRula Saadah	19481948	1975	Ashraf GhaniAshraf Ghani	2014	2021	164	-

See also[]

• Queens of Afghanistan
• President of Afghanistan
• List of Presidents of Afghanistan
• List of monarchs of Afghanistan

References[]

External links[]

• "Afghanistan's next first lady, a Christian Lebanese-American?", Al Arabiya
• "Afghanistan first lady Rula Ghani moves into the limelight", BBC News
• "Will Afghan Leader Ashraf Ghani Bow to Pressure to Hide His Wife?", NBC News
• "Afghanistan's new first lady to focus on women and children", Deutsche Welle
• "The Real First Ladies of Afghanistan", Foreign Policy