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Zarifa Ghafari

1992 - Today

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Zarifa Ghafari (Pashto: ظریفه غفاري, Pashto pronunciation: [zəriːfɑː ɣəfɑːriː]; born 1994) is a former female mayor of Maidan Shahr, capital city of the Wardak Province, Afghanistan. Ghafari was one of the few Afghan female mayors, next to the first Afghanistan's mayor, Azra Jafari and Khadija Zahra Ahmadi, and was also the youngest to be appointed, at the age of 24. She is known for her efforts to advance women's rights in Afghanistan. Ghafari was chosen as an International Woman of Courage in 2020 by the US Secretary of State. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2024). Zarifa Ghafari is the 18,954th most popular politician (up from 19,000th in 2024), the 159th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 161st in 2019) and the 109th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zarifa Ghafari ranks 18,954 out of 19,576. Before her are Titus Corlățean, Jiří Dienstbier Jr., Carole Delga, John H. Cox, Iwona Marcinkiewicz, and Jevgeni Ossinovski. After her are Phil Hogan, Ana Mato, Simon Harris, Enkhbatyn Badar-Uugan, Siniša Mali, and Chen Jing.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Zarifa Ghafari ranks 385. Before her are Johan Mojica, Shuma Kusumoto, Dai Takeuchi, Yeldos Smetov, Yeltsin Tejeda, and Franka Batelić. After her are Molly Sandén, Sam Kendricks, Jawad El Yamiq, María Gabriela de Faría, João Pedro, and Madeline Brewer.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Zarifa Ghafari ranks 159 out of 177. Before her are Ahmed Wali Karzai (1961), Rohullah Nikpai (1987), Shukria Barakzai (1972), Mohammad Yousef Kargar (1963), Azra Jafari (1978), and Fatima Aziz (null). After her are Aryana Sayeed (1970), Suraya Pakzad (null), Aqeela Asifi (1966), Obaidullah Akhund (null), Paweł Wojciechowski (null), and Mustafa Nayyem (1981).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Zarifa Ghafari ranks 109. Before her are Nasrin Oryakhil (1964), Malalai Joya (1978), Rohullah Nikpai (1987), Shukria Barakzai (1972), Azra Jafari (1978), and Fatima Aziz (null). After her are Obaidullah Akhund (null), Mustafa Nayyem (1981), Abdul Salam Hanafi (null), Khalil Haqqani (1966), Nasima Razmyar (1984), and Maryam Durani (null).

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