Muhammad Mohaqiq
Muhammad Mohaqiq محمد محقق | |
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Deputy Chief Executive of Afghanistan | |
| In office 13 October 2014 – 24 January 2019 Serving with Mohammad Khan Rahmani | |
| Prime Minister | Abdullah Abdullah |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Leader of PIUPA | |
| Assumed office 15 January 2006 | |
| Preceded by | New Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 26 July 1955 Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Occupation | Politician, former Mujahideen leader |
Haji Muhammad Mohaqiq (
Early years
Muhammad Mohaqiq son of Sarwar, was born in 1955 and hails from
Political career
During the
Mohaqiq ran as a candidate in the 2004 Afghan presidential election. He came in third place with 11.7% of the votes after Hamid Karzai and Yunus Qanuni.[1]
A January 2009 article by Ahmad Majidyar of the American Enterprise Institute included Mohaqiq on a list of fifteen possible candidates in the 2009 Afghan presidential election.[1] In the end, however, Mohaqiq opted to support President Karzai against his main challenger Abdullah Abdullah in the election.
In 2010, Mohaqiq stopped supporting President Karzai because of Karzai's policy of appeasement towards the Taliban insurgents.[2] In late 2011, Mohaqiq, Ahmad Zia Massoud and Abdul Rashid Dostum created the National Front of Afghanistan (also Afghanistan National Front, ANF).[3]
From 2014 until 2019 he served as the second deputy of the chief executive
See also
References
- ^ a b Ahmad Majidyar (January 2009). "Afghanistan's Presidential Election" (PDF). American Enterprise Institute. Archived from the original on 2009-09-08.
- ^ "Minority leaders leaving Karzai's side over leader's overtures to insurgents"
- ^ "There is more to peace than Taliban". Asia Times. January 12, 2012. Archived from the original on January 12, 2012.
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