This is a list of governors of Nimruz. Nimruz is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, in the southwest of the country on the borders of Iran and Pakistan.
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Din Muhammad Delawar | 1895-1966 | First governor of the newly formed Nimruz Province | ||
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Abdul Qadir Qazi | 1966-1968 | |||
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Mir Aminuddin Ansari | 1968-1971 | |||
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Haji Muhammad Asif | 1971-1972 | |||
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Sakhi Ahmad Farhad | 1972-? [1] | |||
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Hamidullah Niyazmand | 1995 | Appointed as first Taliban governor of Nimruz and a member of the local Brahui ethnic group [2] | ||
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Mullah Ghani | 1995 | |||
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Abdul Ghani Baradar | 1995 | Removed from power in Mujahideen counter-attack on Zaranj [2] | ||
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Sher Malang | 1995-? | Believed Pakistani, Pashto speaker [2] | ||
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Mullah Muhammad Rasul | ?-2001 | Founded a new capital city for Nimruz Province at Khashrowd, called Ghurghuri [3] | ||
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Abdul Karim Brahui | 2001-2005 | Appointed governor after the fall of the Taliban government [2] | ||
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Ghulam Dastagir Azad | 2005-2010 | |||
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Abdul Qadir Qazi | 1866-1968 | |||
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Abdul Karim Brahui | 2010-2012 | Appointed August 2010 and dismissed September 2012 [4] | ||
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Amir Muhammad Akhundzada | 201?- | |||
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Mohammad Samiullah | 2015- | Appointed Governor May 2015 | ||
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Sayed Wali Sultan | ?-? | |||
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Abdul Khaliq Abid | 2021-7 November 2021 | under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan [5] | ||
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Najibullah Rafi | 7 November 2021-present | under Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan [6] |