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Sima Samar

1957 - Today

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Sima Samar (Dari: سیما سمر; born 3 February 1957) is a Hazara human rights advocate, activist and medical doctor within national and international forums, who served as Vice President of Afghanistan in the interim Government of Hamid Karzai & Minister for Women's Affairs (Afghanistan)|from December 2001 to 2003. She is the former Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and, from 2005 to 2009, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sima Samar is the 13,914th most popular politician (up from 14,169th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 113th in 2019) and the 76th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sima Samar ranks 13,914 out of 19,576. Before her are Òscar Ribas Reig, Chang Taek-sang, William Ruto, Ramón Puerta, Yahya Petra of Kelantan, and Diego Portales. After her are Antti Hackzell, Mesilim, Ayesha Gaddafi, William Gopallawa, Sergey Kozlov, and Chief Joseph.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Sima Samar ranks 238. Before her are Ratna Pathak, Andris Piebalgs, Bruce Grobbelaar, Tomoko Ohara, Gérald Lacroix, and Marie Myriam. After her are Richard Powers, Brutus Beefcake, Filippo Grandi, Dubravka Šuica, Koji Suzuki, and Tony Abbott.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Sima Samar ranks 110 out of 177. Before her are Afghan Girl (1972), Qabus (1000), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Abdul Kabir (1958), Mohammad Afzal Khan (1811), and Zalmay Khalilzad (1951). After her are Kamran Mirza (1512), Amrullah Saleh (1972), Karim Khalili (1950), Vima Takto (100), Heliocles I (-200), and Amr ibn al-Layth (null).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Sima Samar ranks 76. Before her are Suhail Shaheen (null), Mohammed Fahim (1957), Qabus (1000), Abdul Kabir (1958), Mohammad Afzal Khan (1811), and Zalmay Khalilzad (1951). After her are Kamran Mirza (1512), Amrullah Saleh (1972), Karim Khalili (1950), Vima Takto (100), Heliocles I (-200), and Amr ibn al-Layth (null).

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