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
Deputy (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
ConstituencyParwan province
Personal details
Born1962 (age 59–60)
Bagram, Parwan province, Afghanistan
NationalityAfghanistan
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, , received 96 votes.[1][2]

In August 2020 Rahmani was exposed in the Cyprus Papers, an Al Jazeera investigation which alleged that he had bought Cypriot citizenship.[3]

Following the fall of Kabul into the control of the Taliban, Rahmani was reported to have fled into Pakistan.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rahmani, Rahman Al-Haj Mir". afghan-bios.
  2. ^ "Mir Rahman Rahmani elected as Afghanistan parliament speaker". 1tvnews.
  3. ^ "The Cyprus Papers". Al Jazeera. 23 August 2020.
  4. ^ "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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