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Sitara Achakzai

1957 - 2009

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Sitara Achakzai (also transliterated Achaksai، Pashto: ستاره اچکزۍ) (1956/1957 – 12 April 2009) was a leading Afghan women's rights activist and a member of the regional parliament in Kandahar. She was assassinated by the Taliban. Achakzai is a name shared by one of the sub-tribes of Durrani clan, part of the Pashtun people, one of the largest ethnic groups of Afghanistan. She held dual citizenship of Afghanistan and Germany, and was well known in Canada as some of her extended family live in the Toronto area. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sitara Achakzai is the 15,927th most popular politician (up from 17,703rd in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 140th in 2019) and the 91st most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sitara Achakzai ranks 15,927 out of 19,576. Before her are Stefanie Clausen, Michel Roger, Ritt Bjerregaard, Hédi Annabi, Nizar Rayan, and Juan Antonio Escurra. After her are Moctar Ouane, Alfonso Guerra, Anita Gradin, Walter Thurnherr, Daniel Oduber Quirós, and Aigars Kalvītis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Sitara Achakzai ranks 370. Before her are Jake E. Lee, Franco Frattini, Vladimir Kiselyov, José Reinaldo de Lima, Bob Ehrlich, and John Howe. After her are Lawrence Bender, Nick de Firmian, Hassoumi Massaoudou, Ginni Rometty, Antonio Maceda, and Karl Allgöwer. Among people deceased in 2009, Sitara Achakzai ranks 301. Before her are Heini Walter, Peter Arundell, Jackie Pretorius, Anna-Maria Müller, Nizar Rayan, and Francisco Valdés. After her are Alan A'Court, Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro, Guillermo Ortiz, Shōichi Nakagawa, William Alston, and Jaime Belmonte.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Sitara Achakzai ranks 129 out of 177. Before her are Kader Khan (1937), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Meena Keshwar Kamal (1956), Hussain Hotak (null), Ahmad Zia Massoud (1956), and Antimachus I (-200). After her are Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (1961), Ismail of Ghazni (null), Apollodotus I (-300), Fawzia Koofi (1975), Mohammad Rabbani (1955), and Euthydemus II (-200).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Sitara Achakzai ranks 91. Before her are Ayub Shah Durrani (1800), Anahita Ratebzad (1931), Abdul Aziz Hotak (1700), Hussain Hotak (null), Ahmad Zia Massoud (1956), and Antimachus I (-200). After her are Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (1961), Ismail of Ghazni (null), Apollodotus I (-300), Fawzia Koofi (1975), Mohammad Rabbani (1955), and Euthydemus II (-200).

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