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Ismail Khan

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Mohammad Ismail Khan (Dari/Pashto: محمد اسماعیل خان; born 1946), better known as Ismail Khan, is an Afghan former military officer, warlord and politician who served as Minister of Energy and Water from 2005 to 2013 and before that served as the governor of Herat Province. Originally a captain in the Afghan Army, he is widely known as a former warlord who controlled a large Afghan mujahideen force, mainly his fellow Tajiks from western Afghanistan, during the Soviet–Afghan War. His reputation gained him the nickname Lion of Herat. Ismail Khan was a key member of the now exiled political party Jamiat-e Islami and of the now defunct United National Front party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ismail Khan is the 9,197th most popular politician (down from 7,855th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 62nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ismail Khan ranks 9,197 out of 19,576. Before him are Alfred Józef Potocki, Sobekhotep VI, Andregoto Galíndez, Spurius Cassius Viscellinus, Carl Lutz, and Thorbjørn Jagland. After him are Radosław Sikorski, Dalia Itzik, Orlando Letelier, Meresankh III, Kazimira Prunskienė, and Vyacheslav von Plehve.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Ismail Khan ranks 247. Before him are Ahmad Zahir, Jim Kelly, Klaus Wolfermann, Michael Ontkean, Lars-Emil Johansen, and Mireya Moscoso. After him are Peggy Lipton, Renaud Camus, Joanna Lumley, Jean-Luc Marion, Cheech Marin, and Ron Kovic.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ismail Khan ranks 78 out of 177. Before him are Diodotus II (-252), Kujula Kadphises (20), Jalaluddin Haqqani (1939), Akhtar Mansour (1968), Ahmad Zahir (1946), and Diodotus I (-285). After him are Gulbadan Begum (1523), Baysunghur (1397), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (1946), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), and Muhammad of Ghazni (998).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Ismail Khan ranks 54. Before him are Ayub Khan (1857), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Diodotus II (-252), Kujula Kadphises (20), Akhtar Mansour (1968), and Diodotus I (-285). After him are Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (1946), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Muhammad of Ghazni (998), Abdul Qadir (1944), and Suhaila Siddiq (1938).

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