Zabih-U-llah Ghazi Noristani

Zabih-U-llah Ghazi Noristani
Born 1952 (age 6263)
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]

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Contender Biographies - Zabihullah Ghazi Nuristani's Biography". Pajhwok Afghan News. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  2. "Preliminary Result of Afghanistan Presidential Contest". Sabawoon online. 2009-08-20. Archived from the original on 2009-08-30.
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