Ghulam Qawis Abubaker

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Ghulam Qawis Abubaker
Governor of Kapisa, Afghanistan
In office
21 August 2007 13 September 2010
Preceded by Abdul Sattar Murad
Succeeded byMehrabuddin Safi
Governor of Takhar, Afghanistan
In office
21 August 2007 13 September 2010
Preceded byAbdul Kabir Marzban
Succeeded by Abdul Latif Ibrahimi

Ghulam Qawis Abubaker was the governor of Kapisa, Afghanistan. He succeeded Abdul Sattar Murad, who was dismissed after critical comments in Newsweek regarding the central government's ineffectiveness in remote areas of the province. [1]

During his term as Governor he put much effort into assuring the reconstruction of the Kapisa Province. [2] [3]

Notes

Preceded by
Abdul Sattar Murad
Governor of Kapisa Province, Afghanistan
2007 – 2010
Succeeded by
[Incumbent]


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