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Azra Jafari

1978 - Today

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Azra Jafari (Dari: عذرا جعفری; born 1978 or 1979) is an Afghan politician and women rights advocate who became the first female mayor in Afghanistan appointed by President Hamid Karzai in December 2008. She became the mayor of Nili, a town in Daykundi Province of Afghanistan. She belongs to the Hazara ethnic group. Jafari has lived in the United States since 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Azra Jafari is the 18,797th most popular politician (up from 19,270th in 2024), the 157th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 170th in 2019) and the 107th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among people born in 1978, Azra Jafari ranks 641. Before her are Souleymane Diawara, Ricardo Rocha, Mikko Leppilampi, Helena Josefsson, Vincent Macaigne, and Nicolas Mathieu. After her are Mario Regueiro, Ebru Özkan, Mariano Zabaleta, Kelly Stables, Qin Dongya, and Victoria Spartz.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Azra Jafari ranks 157 out of 177. Before her are Malalai Joya (1978), Leena Alam (1978), Ahmed Wali Karzai (1961), Rohullah Nikpai (1987), Shukria Barakzai (1972), and Mohammad Yousef Kargar (1963). After her are Fatima Aziz (null), Zarifa Ghafari (1992), Aryana Sayeed (1970), Suraya Pakzad (null), Aqeela Asifi (1966), and Obaidullah Akhund (null).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Azra Jafari ranks 107. Before her are Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Malalai Kakar (1967), Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Malalai Joya (1978), Rohullah Nikpai (1987), and Shukria Barakzai (1972). After her are Fatima Aziz (null), Zarifa Ghafari (1992), Obaidullah Akhund (null), Mustafa Nayyem (1981), Abdul Salam Hanafi (null), and Khalil Haqqani (1966).

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