Abdul Zahir (Afghan Prime Minister)
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Abdul Zahir (Afghan Prime Minister)

Personal data
Date of birth1910
Place of birthLaghman, Afghanistan
Date of death1983
Political partyIndependent
Prime Minister of Afghanistan
In office09 June 1971 - 12 December 1972
MonarchMohammad Zahir Shah
Succeeded byMohammad Musa Shafiq
Preceded byMohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi

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Dr. Abdul Zahir (1910 - 1983) was a Prime Minister of Afghanistan during the reign of King Zahir Shah.

Zahir was born in Laghman, eastern Afghanistan. He attended secondary school in Kabul and university in the United States of America earning an MD from Columbia University and Master's degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University. He became a medical doctor and returned to Afghanistan to practice medicine, but eventually entered politics. His political positions included terms as Minister of Health, President of the Parliament, and Ambassador to Italy and Pakistan. Most prominently, he served as Prime Minister of Afghanistan from June 1971 to December 1972. A few months after he resigned from that post, Zahir Shah was overthrown and Abdul Zahir had to retire from politics.

Zahir was married to Quraisha and had four children. His son, the late Ahmad Zahir, was a popular musician. His daughter, Zahira Zahir, is a hairdresser in Washington, DC. His eldest son, Asif Zahir (1932-2000) was also politically active during his lifetime as Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in 1980s and he remained ambassador in Kuwait (1989-1992) and Italy (1992-1993). He resigned from his post and lived in Peshawar, Pakistan, where he started a campaign for peace in Afghanistan by setting up a political group called the Afghan National Movement (ANM).

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Minivan News--Island Councilor of Thinadhoo Mohamed -Zahir- said that no one had officially reported the case to the island office yet. Major -Abdul- Raheem said a Maldives ... - Date : Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:12:58 GMT+00:00
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Republika Online--''Beberapa orang takut pada kami karena kami dianggap ingin meng-Islamkan partai,'' ujar -Abdul Zahir-. Beberapa anggota partai menuduh Moussaid dan lainnya ... - Date : Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:06:29 GMT+00:00
US Cable: Karzai Intervened for Drug Traffickers - NBC San Diego Tweet this news
NBC San Diego--In April of last year, the cable recounts, Karzai pardoned five border policemen known as the “-Zahir- Five.” The officers had been tried, convicted and ... - Date : Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:35:54 GMT+00:00
Los refugiados afganos de la provincia de Helmand desalentados ante la ... - Rebelión Tweet this news
Rebelión--Su padre, Mohammad Gul Agha, y su hermano, -Abdul Zahir-, murieron ambos cuando una bola de fuego envolvió su coche en la carretera por la que se dirigían ... - Date : Sat, 27 Nov 2010 06:18:29 GMT+00:00
Home News National Zardari reiterates Pakistan's resolve for peace, stability ... - Associated Press of Pakistan Tweet this news
Associated Press of Pakistan---...- -Abdul- Qayum Samer also accompanied the Afghan Minister.From Pakistan side, Senator A. Rehman Malik, Federal Minister for Interior, Arbab Muhammad -Zahir-, ... - Date : Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:40:04 GMT+00:00
Afghanistan's disheartened - Washington Post Tweet this news
Washington Post--His father, Mohammad Gul Agha, and his brother, -Abdul Zahir-, both died when a fireball engulfed their car on the road to the provincial capital. ... - Date : Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:17:01 GMT+00:00
Four, including woman, shot dead in separate incidents - Daily Times Tweet this news
Daily Times--The victim, 27-year-old -Zahir- Baloch son of Sikander Baloch, was a resident of Marvi Goth. While he was going home from Aasu Goth he reached Murghi Khana, ... - Date : Mon, 22 Nov 2010 21:54:29 GMT+00:00
Afghanistan's linchpin: Kandahar - MinnPost.com Tweet this news
MinnPost.com--Taliban "kill elders, the officials, the doctors, the engineers," says -Abdul- Haq, an Achekzai tribal elder who lives in the Horn. "This will put pressure on ... - Date : Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:38:42 GMT+00:00
Withdrawal of sedition cases sought - The Express Tribune Tweet this news
The Express Tribune--He further said that the sedition cases against Babajan, Wajahat, Noor Ali, Ghulam -Zahir-, Izhar, Khadim Hussain, Ibrahim, Jan Alam, Gul Nawaz, Rahim, -Abdul- ... - Date : Mon, 08 Nov 2010 02:43:16 GMT+00:00
Sólo con foto - Mi Morelia.com Tweet this news
Mi Morelia.com---...- del E-mail a continuación:Póngase en contacto con detalle:Nombre de contacto: -Abdul---Zahir- ZakariyyaCorreo electrónico: Abdul-electronicsltd@hotmail. ... - Date : Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:45:48 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi		Prime Minister of Afghanistan
1971 - 1972		Succeeded by
Mohammad Musa Shafiq


Prime Ministers of Afghanistan since 1929

AF KingdomSardar Mohammad Hashim Khan * Mohammed Daoud Khan * Mohammad Yusuf * Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal * Abdullah Yaqta * Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi * Sharifi Abdul Zahir * Mohammad Musa Shafiq
AF Democratic RepublicNur Muhammad Taraki * Hafizullah Amin * Babrak Karmal * Sultan Ali Keshtmand
AF RepublicMohammad Hasan Sharq * Sultan Ali Keshtmand * Fazal Haq Khaliqyar
AF Islamic StateAbdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani * Gulbuddin Hekmatyar * Arsala Rahmani * Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai * Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
AF Islamic EmirateMuhammad Rabbani * Abdul Kabir



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