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Ahmad Massoud

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Ahmad Massoud (born 10 July 1989) is an Afghan politician and military leader who is the founder and leader of the National Resistance Front (NRF) since 2021. He is the eldest son of prominent Afghan military commander Ahmad Shah Massoud. On 5 September 2019, he was declared his father's successor at his mausoleum in the Panjshir Valley. After the Taliban seized control of Panjshir Valley on 6 September 2021, Massoud evacuated towards Tajikistan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad Massoud is the 17,616th most popular politician (down from 16,340th in 2024), the 141st most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 131st in 2019) and the 100th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahmad Massoud ranks 17,616 out of 19,576Before him are Paramanga Ernest Yonli, Janet Napolitano, Jaume Collboni, Evelyn Wever-Croes, Gary Herbert, and Leo Amery. After him are Maria Damanaki, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, Françoise Nyssen, Ilya Ponomarev, Robert F. Wagner, and Tamás Faragó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Ahmad Massoud ranks 173Before him are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Tomáš Vaclík, Sabine Lisicki, Siem de Jong, Hellen Obiri, and Daniel Wass. After him are Koo Ja-cheol, Mike Will Made It, Leandro Damião, Aysel Teymurzadeh, Jordi Masip, and Pizzi.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ahmad Massoud ranks 141 out of 177Before him are Mohammad Rabbani (1955), Euthydemus II (-200), Dadullah (1966), Zabiullah Mujahid (1978), Abdul Rahman (1965), and Islam Bibi (1974). After him are Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Nadia Nadim (1988), Malalai Kakar (1967), Zablon Simintov (1960), Maria Bashir (1970), and Abdul Hakim Haqqani (1967).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ahmad Massoud ranks 100Before him are Apollodotus I (-300), Fawzia Koofi (1975), Mohammad Rabbani (1955), Euthydemus II (-200), Dadullah (1966), and Zabiullah Mujahid (1978). After him are Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Malalai Kakar (1967), Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Malalai Joya (1978), Rohullah Nikpai (1987), and Shukria Barakzai (1972).