List of governors of Nimruz


This is a list of governors of Nimruz. Nimruz is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the southwest of the country on the borders of Iran and Pakistan.
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Din Muhammad Delawar1965-66
Abdul Qadir Qazi1966-68
Mir Aminuddin Ansari1968-1971
Haji Muhammad Asif1971-72
Sakhi Ahmad Farhad1972- ?-
Hamidullah Niyazmand1995
  • Appointed as first Taliban governor of Nimruz
  • Member of the local Brahui ethnic group
    • Abdul Ghani Baradar1995
  • Removed from power in Mujahideen counter-attack on Zaranj
    • Sher Malang1995 - ?
  • Believed Pakistani, Pashto speaker
    • Mullah Muhammad Rasul? - 2001
  • Founded a new capital city for Nimruz Province at Khashrowd, called Ghurghuri
    • Abdul Karim Brahui2001-05
  • Appointed governor after the fall of the Taliban government
    • Ghulam Dastagir Azad2005-10
    Abdul Karim Brahui2010-2012
  • Appointed August 2010
  • Dismissed September 2012
    • Amir Muhammad Akhundzada201?-
    Mohammad Samiullah2015-Appointed Governor May 2015