List of governors of Herat

This is a list of the governors of the province of Herat, Afghanistan. ^[1]

Governors of Herat Province

	Period	Note
Mohammed Zaman Khan	???? 1729	father of Ahmad Shah Durrani
Mohammad Yaqub Khan	1864 1874	son of Emir Sher Ali Khan
Mohammad Ayub Khan	February 1879 September 1881^[2]	son of Emir Sher Ali Khan, brother of Mohammad Yaqub Khan
Muhammad Sulaiman Khan	1915 1919^[3]	former Military Secertary to Habibu'llah Shah 1914-1915
Ismael Khan	1992 1997^[4]	mujahideen leader
unknown	1997 2001	Taliban
Ismael Khan	2001^[4] 12 September 2004	Appointed as minister of Mines
Sayed Mohammad Khairkhwa	September 2004^[5] June 2005	Former Afghan Ambassador to Iran and Ukraine
Gul Agha Sherzai	June 2005	Refused appointment as Governor
Sayed Hussein Anwari	June 2005^[6]^[7] 23 January 2009	Former Minister of Agriculture in the Transitional Administration
Ahmad Yussef Nuristani	18 January 2009 24 August 2010	Resigned to run as Wolesi Jirga MP in the 2010 elections
Daud Shah Saba	3 September 2010 present	Former Human Development Advisor to the President of Afghanistan, 2005-2008

^ Afghan Bio: Dr. Ahmad Yussef Nooristani
^ Clements, Frank (2003) "Ayub, Khan Muhammad (1857–1914)" Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, page 35, ISBN 1-85109-402-4
^ "Afghanistan: The Barakzai Dynasty (Asifi, Sulaiman, Roqay) Genealogy"
^ ^a ^b Clements, Frank (2003) "Isma'il Khan (1946– )" Conflict in Afghanistan: a historical encyclopedia ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, pages 130-132, ISBN 1-85109-402-4
^ Gall, Carlotta (September 2004) "Afghan Region's New Governor Says Violence Is Ended; Denounces Warlord" The New York Times
^ Sirrs, Julie (November 2001) "What’s Next for Afghanistan?" Middle East Intelligence Bulletin 3(11):
^ British Agencies Afghanistan Group (June 2005) Afghanistan: Monthly Review as cited at ""Research Response Number: AFG17479" Refugee Review Tribunal, United Nation Human Rights Council, 9 September 2005, page 3

Governors of Afghan Wilayats

Badakhshan	Munshi Abdul Majid (2007-2009) · Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2009-)

Badghis	Gul Mohammad Arefi (2001-2005) · Enayatullah Enayat (2005-2007) · Mohammad Ashraf Naseri · Dilbar Jan Arman Shinwari (2009-)

Baghlan	Mohammad Akbar Barakzai (2009-2010) · Munshi Abdul Majid (2010-)

Balkh	Atta Muhammad Nur (2004-)

Bamyan	Habiba Sarabi (2005-)

Daykundi	Qurban Ali Oruzgani (2010-)

Farah	Roohul Amin (2008-)

Faryab	Abdul Haq Shafaq (2006-)

Ghazni	Asadullah Khalid (2001-2005) · Sher Alam Ibrahimi (2005-2006) · Faizanullah Faizan (2007-2008) · Osman Osmani (2008-2010) · Musa Khan Ahmadzai (2010-)

Ghor	Ibrahim Malikzada (2001-2004) · Abdul Qadir Alam (2004-2005) · Shah Abdul Ahad Afzali (2005-2007) · Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2007-2009) · Sayyed Mohammad Eqbal Munib (2009-)

Helmand	Sher Mohammad Akhundzada (2001-2005) · Mohammad Daoud (2005-2006) · Assadullah Wafa (2006-2008) · Mohammad Gulab Mangal (2008-)

Herat	Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani (2009-2010) · Daud Shah Saba (2010-)

Jowzjan	Mohammad Hashim Zare (2007-)

Kabul	Haji Din Mohammad (2004-2009) · Zabihullah Mojaddidy (2009-2011)

Kandahar	Gul Agha Sherzai (2001-2003) · Yousef Pashtun (2003-2005) · Asadullah Khalid (2005-2008) · Rahmatullah Raufi (2008-2008) · Tooryalai Wesa (2008-)

Kapisa	Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007-)

Khost	Arsala Jamal (2006-2008) · Hamidullah Qalandarzai (2008-2009) · Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2010-)

Kunar	Fazlullah Wahidi (2007-)

Kunduz	Engineer Mohammad Omar (2006-2010)

Laghman	Mohammad Golab Mangal (2006-08) · Lutfullah Mashal (2008-2010) · Mohammad Iqbal Azizi (2010-)

Logar	Fazlullah Mojadeddi (2001-2004) · Mohammad Aman Hamimi (2004-2005) · Sayed Abdul Karim Hashimi (2005-2007) · Abdullah Wardak (2007-2008) · Atiqullah Ludin (2008-)

Nangarhar	Abdul Qadir (2001-2002) · Haji Din Mohammad (2002-04) · Gul Agha Sherzai (2004-)

Nimruz	Abdul Karim Brahui (2001-2005) · Ghulam Dastagir Azad (2005-2010) · Abdul Karim Brahui (2010- )

Nuristan	Jamaluddin Badr (2008-)

Oruzgan	Jan Mohammed Khan (2002-2006) · Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib (2006-2007) · Assadullah Hamdam (2007-2010)

Paktia	Pacha Khan Zadran (2001-2002) · Taj Mohammad Wardak (2002-2002) · Raz Mohammed Dalili (2002-04) · Assadullah Wafa (2004-05) · Hakim Taniwal (2005-2006) · Rahmatullah Rahmat (2006-2007) · Juma Khan Hamdard (2007-)

Paktika	Mohibullah Samim (2010-)

Panjshir	Keramuddin Keram (2010-)

Parwan	Abdul Basir Salangi (2009-)

Samangan	Khairullah Anosh (2010-)

Sar-e Pol	Sayed Anwar Rahmati (2010-)

Takhar	Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (2010-)

Wardak	Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2005-2008) · Mohammad Halim Fidai (2008-)

Zabul	Mohammad Ashraf Naseri (2009-)