List of governors of Nimruz

This is a list of the governors of the province of Nimruz , Afghanistan

List

Governor			Period	Extra	Note
		Din Muhammad Delawar	1895-1966	First governor of the newly formed Nimruz Province
		Abdul Qadir Qazi	1966-1968
		Mir Aminuddin Ansari	1968-1971
		Haji Muhammad Asif	1971-1972
		Sakhi Ahmad Farhad	1972-? [1]
		Hamidullah Niyazmand	1995	Appointed as first Taliban governor of Nimruz and a member of the local Brahui ethnic group [2]
		Mullah Ghani	1995	Removed from power in Mujahideen counter-attack on Zaranj [2]
		Abdul Ghani Baradar	1995
		Sher Malang	1995-?	Believed Pakistani, Pashto speaker [2]
		Muhammad Rasul	?-2001	Founded a new capital city for Nimruz at Khashrod District, called Ghurghuri [2]
		Abdul Karim Brahui	2001-2005	Appointed after the fall of the Taliban government [2]
		Ghulam Dastagir Azad	2005-2010
		Abdul Qadir Qazi	1866-1968
		Abdul Karim Brahui	August 2010–September 2012	Appointed August 2010 and dismissed September 2012 [3]
		Mohammad Sarwar Subat	20 September 2012–10 March 2014
		Amir Muhammad Akhundzada	12 March 2014–19 May 2015
		Mohammad Samiullah	2015-	Appointed Governor May 2015
		Sayed Wali Sultan [4]	?-?
		Abdul Khaliq Abid	2021-7 November 2021	under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan [5]
		Najibullah Rafi	7 November 2021-??	under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan [6]
		Mohammad Qasim Khaled	??-present	under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan [7]

References

1. Governors 1965-1972 taken from: Ludwig W. Adamec Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan . Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1975. ISBN   3-201-00921-0, ISBN   978-3-201-00921-8
2. Robert D. Crews, Amin Tarzi. The Taliban and the crisis of Afghanistan. Harvard University Press, 2008. ISBN   0-674-02690-X, 9780674026902. Pg 185-187
3. Mogelson, Luke (18 October 2012). "The Scariest Little Corner of the World". The New York Times. p. 16. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
4. "Al-Qaeda and Taliban collaborate in Nimroz in breach of peace agreement". Salaam Times. August 6, 2020. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
5. "(د نيمروز ولايت له والي محترم الحاج ملا عبدالخالق عابد صاحب سره مرکه) الاماره سټوډيو يي وړاندي کوي – الاماره پښتو". Archived from the original on October 17, 2021.
6. "د نږدې شلو ولایاتو لپاره نوي والیان او امنیې قوماندانان وټاکل شول". November 7, 2021. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021.
7. "Suicide bomber killed, three injured near Nimruz governor's office: officials". Ariana News. January 14, 2024. Retrieved 2026-01-27.