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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Azra Jafari is the 18,657th most popular politician (up from 19,385th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 170th in 2019) and the 107th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Azra Jafari ranks 18,657 out of 19,576Before her are Bobby Rush, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ben Wallace, Susana Díaz, Remigijus Šimašius, and Roberto Fico. After her are Ernesto Pérez, Mark Hatfield, Joe Lombardo, Mehbooba Mufti, Julie Bishop, and Kathleen Wynne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Azra Jafari ranks 620Before her are Vala Flosadóttir, Souleymane Diawara, Ricardo Rocha, Mikko Leppilampi, Vincent Macaigne, and Nicolas Mathieu. After her are Mario Regueiro, Ebru Özkan, Mariano Zabaleta, Kelly Stables, Qin Dongya, and Antonio de Nigris.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Azra Jafari ranks 155 out of 177Before 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 Zarifa Ghafari (1992), Aryana Sayeed (1970), Aqeela Asifi (1966), Paweł Wojciechowski (null), Niloofar Rahmani (1992), and Bibi Aisha (1991).

Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Azra Jafari ranks 107Before her are Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Malalai Kakar (1967), Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Malalai Joya (1978), Rohullah Nikpai (1987), and Shukria Barakzai (1972). After her are Zarifa Ghafari (1992), and Robina Muqimyar (1986).