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Maria Bashir

1970 - Today

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Maria Bashir is a prosecutor based in Afghanistan and the only woman to ever hold such a position in the country as of 2009. With more than fifteen years of experience with Afghan civil service - the Taliban, corrupt policemen, death threats, failed assassination attempts - she has seen them all. She was banned from working during the Taliban period, when she spent her time schooling girls illegally at her residence, when it was illegal for women to be seen unescorted by men on the streets. In the post-Taliban era, she was called back into service, and was made the Chief Prosecutor General of Herat Province in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Bashir is the 124th most popular lawyer (up from 125th in 2019), the 145th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 149th in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Lawyer.

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Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Maria Bashir ranks 124 out of 136Before her are Seyran Ateş, Marilyn Quayle, Alberto Nisman, Carla Anderson Hills, Ebru Timtik, and Anita Hill. After her are Maya Harris, Tom C. Clark, Olha Stefanishyna, Tessa Khan, Hazel R. O'Leary, and Griffin Bell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Maria Bashir ranks 546Before her are Tom Everett Scott, Håvard Flo, Dean DeBlois, Czesław Michniewicz, Raúl González, and Cecily von Ziegesar. After her are Saïd Chiba, Manisha Koirala, Cláudia Abreu, Josh Hopkins, Carlos Germano, and Nagaru Tanigawa.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Maria Bashir ranks 145 out of 177Before her are Islam Bibi (1974), Ahmad Massoud (1989), Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Nadia Nadim (1988), Malalai Kakar (1967), and Zablon Simintov (1960). After her are Zakia Zaki (1962), Nadia Anjuman (1981), Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Malalai Joya (1978), Leena Alam (1978), and Ahmed Wali Karzai (1961).

Among LAWYERS In Afghanistan

Among lawyers born in Afghanistan, Maria Bashir ranks 1