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Gulbuddin Hekmatyar

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Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (born 1 August 1949) is an Afghan politician, and former mujahideen leader and drug trafficker. He is the founder and current leader of the Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin political party, so called after Mohammad Yunus Khalis split from Hezbi Islami in 1979 to found Hezb-i Islami Khalis. He twice served as prime minister during the 1990s. Hekmatyar joined the Muslim Youth organization as a student in the early 1970s, where he was known for his Islamic radicalism rejected by much of the organization. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is the 1,911th most popular politician (up from 7,090th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 58th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Afghan Politician.

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is most famous for being the founder of the Hezb-e Islami, a radical Islamist group in Afghanistan.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ranks 1,911 out of 19,576. Before him are Koxinga, Suleyman Shah, Llywelyn the Great, Avitus, Jahanara Begum, and Frederick III, Elector of Saxony. After him are Ioannis Metaxas, Simon Thassi, Roman Herzog, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Bonne of Luxembourg, and Oruç Reis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ranks 41. Before him are Han Duck-soo, Alla Pugacheva, Thomas Sankara, Arif Alvi, George Foreman, and Bobby Farrell. After him are Carlos the Jackal, Michael Houghton, Hugh David Politzer, Horst Ludwig Störmer, Patrick Süskind, and Amin Maalouf.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ranks 25 out of 177. Before him are Mohammed Omar (1962), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Muhammad Shah (1702), Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī (1837), Babrak Karmal (1929), and Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961). After him are Hafizullah Amin (1929), Humayun (1508), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Abu Maʿshar (787), Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450), and Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ranks 19. Before him are Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), Muhammad of Ghor (1160), Mohammed Omar (1962), Muhammad Shah (1702), Babrak Karmal (1929), and Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961). After him are Hafizullah Amin (1929), Humayun (1508), Moinuddin Chishti (1142), Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917), Abdur Rahman Khan (1844), and Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438).

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