Azra Jafari Politician

Azra Jafari (Persian: عذرا جعفری‎) was appointed as the first female mayor in Afghanistan by President Hamid Karzai in December 2008. She became the mayor of Nili, a town in Daykundi Province of Afghanistan. Jafari is also a writer, and has published two books so far. She belongs to the minority Hazara ethnic group.

Personal facts

Azra Jafari
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1978
Birth nameAzra
Birth place
Afghanistan
Religion
Shia Islam
Residence
Daykundi Province

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Office holder

governor
Qurban Ali Oruzgani
officeMayor of Nili Afghanistan
president

Topical connections

Mumtaz MahalRoyalty
Abdul Ali MazariPrime minister
Sima SamarPolitician
Anahita RatebzadPolitician

Azra Jafari on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-37445920090114
  2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/afghanistan/2009/01/090116_a-afghan-nili-mayoress.shtml
  3. http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_printcontent/0,,3955712,00.html
  4. http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~carve22r/classweb/eightwomen/home.html
  5. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/24/afghanistan-first-female-mayor
  6. http://zamaaneh.com/special/2009/01/post_711.html