National United Party of Afghanistan
| National United Party of Afghanistan | |
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| حزب متحد ملی افغانستان | |
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| Leader | Nur ul-Haq Ulumi |
| Founder | Nur ul-Haq Ulumi |
| Founded | 21 August 2003 |
| Headquarters | Herat, Afghanistan |
| Ideology |
Secularism Progressivism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | National Coalition of Afghanistan[1][2] |
| Seats in the House of the People |
0 / 249 |
| Seats in the House of Elders |
0 / 102 |
| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| Official Website | |
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Politics of Afghanistan Political parties Elections | |
The National United Party of Afghanistan (Persian: حزب متحد ملی افغانستان Hezb-e Muttahed-e Melli) is a minor left-wing political party in Afghanistan.[3]
The party was formed on the 21 August 2003 by a group of former members of the PDPA.[4] The party was registered on 1 May 2005.[5] The party aims to unite all remaining former members of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan.[6]
The party is led by Nur ul-Haq Ulumi, a former member of the Central Committee of the PDPA's Parcham faction,[4] and is a member of the National Coalition of Afghanistan led by Abdullah Abdullah.[1][2]
Ulumi, the party's leader, was elected as an MP for Kandahar Province in 2005, with 13,035 out of a total of 178,269 votes. The only candidate to receive a higher number of votes was Quayum Karzai, the elder brother of President Hamid Karzai, who received 14,243 votes. In 2010 Ulumi failed to be re-elected, failing to receive even 3,000 out of a total of 85,385 votes, amid accusations of electoral fraud and vote rigging.[7]
Having supported Abdullah Abdullah in the 2014 Afghan presidential election,[8] party leader Nur ul-Haq Ulumi was nominated by Abdullah to be Minister of Interior in the unity government of Ashraf Ghani in January 2015.[9] A ban was however imposed by the Parliament on cabinet minister appointments with dual citizenship. After renouncing his dual citizenship Ulumi was nominated again,[10] and was confirmed as Interior Minister on the 27 January 2015.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Presidential Election 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Crilly, Rob (4 April 2014). "Afghanistan elections: what next for Hamid Karzai?". The Daily Telegraph (Kabul).
- ↑ Katzman, Kenneth (11 October 2011). Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance (Report). Congressional Research Service. p. 3.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "National Unity Party of Afghanistan". Payam-Aftab.
- ↑ "National Unity Party of Afganistan". Payam-e-Aftab. 5 March 2013.
- ↑ Afghan Biographies - Olumi, Noorulhaq Noor ul Haq Olomi Ulumi
- ↑ Aikins, Matthieu (25 October 2010). "2010 Elections 29: Losing legitimacy – Kandahar’s preliminary winners". Afghanistan Analysts Network.
- ↑ "New Afghan Cabinet Finally Announced". Gandhara. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ Sune Engel Rasmussen (12 January 2015). "Afghan president names cabinet three months after taking power". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ↑ "Ulumi and Rabbani Reintroduced as Ministerial Nominees". Tolo News. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ http://www.afghan-bios.info/index.php?option=com_afghanbios&id=1295&task=view&total=3096&start=2053&Itemid=2
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