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Abdul Ghani Baradar

1968 - Today

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Abdul Ghani Baradar (born 29 September 1963) is an Afghan politician and religious leader who is the acting first deputy prime minister, alongside Abdul Salam Hanafi, of the Taliban led government of Afghanistan. A co-founder of the Taliban along with Mullah Omar, he was Omar's top deputy from 2002 to 2010, and since 2019 he has been the Taliban's fourth-in-command, as the third of Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada's three deputies. He held senior positions in the Taliban during their first rule from 1996 to 2001. After the Taliban government fell to the US-led invasion in 2001, he rose to lead the organization's Quetta Shura in Pakistan, becoming the de facto leader of the Taliban. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdul Ghani Baradar is the 7,680th most popular politician (down from 6,177th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 49th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdul Ghani Baradar ranks 7,680 out of 19,576Before him are Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, Simeon Uroš, Giorgi Margvelashvili, Gerberga, wife of Carloman I, Hümaşah Sultan, and Ralph I, Count of Vermandois. After him are Dwight F. Davis, Margaret of Navarre, Mikuláš Dzurinda, Mwai Kibaki, Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este, and Histiaeus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Abdul Ghani Baradar ranks 57Before him are Marc Anthony, Aaron Eckhart, Ashley Judd, Sadyr Japarov, Mswati III, and Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau. After him are DJ BoBo, Mathias Rust, Évariste Ndayishimiye, Josh Brolin, Hervé Renard, and Mateusz Morawiecki.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abdul Ghani Baradar ranks 69 out of 177Before him are Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850), Ibn Hibban (883), Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Zaman Shah Durrani (1770), Inayatullah Khan (1888), and Ayub Khan (1857). After him are Sanai (1080), Al-Sijzi (945), Diodotus II (-252), Kujula Kadphises (20), Jalaluddin Haqqani (1939), and Akhtar Mansour (1968).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Abdul Ghani Baradar ranks 49Before him are Bairam Khan (1501), Saman Khuda (701), Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Zaman Shah Durrani (1770), Inayatullah Khan (1888), and Ayub Khan (1857). After him are Diodotus II (-252), Kujula Kadphises (20), Akhtar Mansour (1968), Diodotus I (-285), Ismail Khan (1946), and Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840).