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Bismillah Khan Mohammadi

1961 - Today

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Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (Dari: بسم‌الله خان محمدی; born 1961, in Panjshir Province), or Bismillah Khan, is an Afghan politician who served as the defense minister of Afghanistan from 2012 to 2015 and for two months in 2021. From 2002 to 2010, he served as Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army, and from 2010 to 2012 he held the post of Interior Minister of Afghanistan. He has an anti-Taliban background and once served as a senior commander under Ahmad Shah Massoud. Despite the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in August 2021, Mohammadi claims to remain the minister of defense as part of the government of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bismillah Khan Mohammadi is the 16,406th most popular politician (down from 16,047th in 2024), the 131st most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 129th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Bismillah Khan Mohammadi ranks 16,400 out of 19,576. After him are Seydou Diarra, Attilio Fontana, Patricia Espinosa, Albertas Šimėnas, Dragan Đilas, Ella Pamfilova, Adrien Houngbédji, Christian Poncelet, Edward Givens, Kunio Hatoyama, Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani, and Ælfwald I of Northumbria.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Bismillah Khan Mohammadi ranks 131 out of 177. Before him are Atiq Rahimi (1962), Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956), Hussain Hotak (null), Ahmad Zia Massoud (1956), Antimachus I (-200), and Sitara Achakzai (1957). After him are Ismail of Ghazni (null), Apollodotus I (-300), Fawzia Koofi (1975), Mohammad Rabbani (1955), Euthydemus II (-200), and Dadullah (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Bismillah Khan Mohammadi ranks 92. Before him are Anahita Ratebzad (1931), Abdul Aziz Hotak (1700), Hussain Hotak (null), Ahmad Zia Massoud (1956), Antimachus I (-200), and Sitara Achakzai (1957). After him are Ismail of Ghazni (null), Apollodotus I (-300), Fawzia Koofi (1975), Mohammad Rabbani (1955), Euthydemus II (-200), and Dadullah (1966).

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