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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 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Maria Bashir is the 127th most popular lawyer (down from 125th in 2024), the 146th 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 127 out of 136. Before 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, Dior Fall Sow, and Hazel R. O'Leary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Maria Bashir ranks 576. Before 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 146 out of 177. Before her are Islam Bibi (1974), Ahmad Massoud (1989), Sirajuddin Haqqani (1970), Nadia Nadim (1988), Malalai Kakar (1967), and Zablon Simintov (1960). After her are Abdul Hakim Haqqani (1967), Zakia Zaki (1962), Nadia Anjuman (1981), Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Malalai Joya (1978), and Leena Alam (1978).

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Among LAWYERS In Afghanistan

Among lawyers born in Afghanistan, Maria Bashir ranks 1. 

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