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Ashraf Ghani

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Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan former politician and economist who served as the president of Afghanistan from September 2014 until August 2021, when his government was overthrown by the Taliban. Ghani was born in Logar, Afghanistan. After his grade-school education in Afghanistan, he spent much of his time abroad, studying in Lebanon and the United States. After receiving his PhD in cultural anthropology from Columbia University in 1983, he taught at various institutions and was an associate professor of anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ashraf Ghani is the 559th most popular politician (up from 2,893rd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 24th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Afghan Politician.

Ashraf Ghani is most famous for being the president of Afghanistan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ashraf Ghani ranks 559 out of 19,576. Before him are Cambyses II, Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Stephen Báthory, Zenobia, and Frederick William IV of Prussia. After him are Sargon of Akkad, Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem, Yoon Suk Yeol, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Christian VIII of Denmark, and Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Ashraf Ghani ranks 14. Before him are Roger Taylor, Nawaz Sharif, António Guterres, Meryl Streep, Anna Wintour, and Pedro Almodóvar. After him are Richard Gere, Mark Knopfler, Abdullah Öcalan, Bernard Arnault, Arsène Wenger, and Lech Kaczyński.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani ranks 4 out of 177. Before him are Rumi (1207), Al-Farabi (872), and Mahmud of Ghazni (971). After him are Roxana (-347), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Abbas the Great (1571), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), Hamid Karzai (1957), Amanullah Khan (1892), Hasan Akhund (1945), and Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani ranks 2. Before him are Mahmud of Ghazni (971). After him are Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Abbas the Great (1571), Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914), Hamid Karzai (1957), Amanullah Khan (1892), Hasan Akhund (1945), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), Mohammad Najibullah (1947), and Ahmad Shah Massoud (1953).

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