Zabih-U-llah Ghazi Noristani

Zabih-U-llah Ghazi Noristani
Born 1952 (age 59–60)
Ghaziabad village, Ghaziabad district, Nuristan province
Nationality Afghanistan

Zabih-U-llah Ghazi Noristani is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.[1]

Contents

Academic career

He completed his secondary education was at the Rahman Baba High School of Kabul in 1970.[1] He earned a bachelor's degree at the Agriculture Higher Studies Institute in 1975.

Military and political service

He worked on a joint project of Kunar forestry department and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization from 1975 to 1978.[1]

He was both an active fighter during the Soviet occupation, and he participated in the political opposition to Soviets.[1] In 1978 he founded the Islamic Freedom Front of Afghanistan Party, a local party in Nuristan Province.

In 1990, after the Soviets left Afghanistan, he moved to the USA, where he lived until 2006.[1] In America he was active in the Afghan expatriate community.

In 2006 the Islamic Freedom Front changed its name to the Justice and Development Party of Afghanistan.[1]

Presidential candidacy, 2009

During the 2009 Presidential elections he stood 25th in a field of 38.[2] He won 1,516 votes.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Contender Biographies - Zabihullah Ghazi Nuristani's Biography". Pajhwok Afghan News. http://www.pajhwokelections.af/contender_biography.php?id=17. Retrieved 2010-06-09. 
  2. ^ "Preliminary Result of Afghanistan Presidential Contest". Sabawoon online. 2009-08-20. Archived from the original on 2009-08-30. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sabawoon.com%2Findex.php%3Fpage%3Dafghanelection&date=2009-08-30.