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Amrullah Saleh

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Amrullah Saleh (born 15 October 1972) is an Afghan politician who served as the first vice president of Afghanistan from 2020 to 2021. He also served as acting interior minister from 2018 to 2019 and the head of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) from 2004 to 2010. A member of the mujahideen during the civil war against Afghanistan's communist government, Saleh later joined Ahmad Shah Massoud's Northern Alliance, an anti-Taliban coalition in the northeast of the country. In 1997, Saleh became the head of the Northern Alliance's liaison office inside the Afghan Embassy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, handling contacts with international non-governmental organizations and intelligence agencies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Amrullah Saleh is the 13,971st most popular politician (down from 12,469th in 2024), the 113th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 95th in 2019) and the 78th most popular Afghan Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amrullah Saleh ranks 13,971 out of 19,576. Before him are Beatrice of Navarre, Countess of La Marche, Miroslav of Croatia, Casimir Oyé-Mba, Alfredo Copello, Ariobarzanes of Phrygia, and Leonel Brizola. After him are José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Théodore Sindikubwabo, Juan Bautista Gill, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Alfred Gusenbauer, and Marcus Claudius Marcellus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Amrullah Saleh ranks 139. Before him are Selma Blair, Wil Wheaton, Goran Višnjić, Joe Wright, Nek, and Steve McManaman. After him are Christian Ziege, Marlon Wayans, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Paul Gray, Irom Chanu Sharmila, and Satoshi Oishi.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh ranks 113 out of 177. Before him are Abdul Kabir (1958), Mohammad Afzal Khan (1811), Zalmay Khalilzad (1951), Zuhal Atmar (null), Sima Samar (1957), and Kamran Mirza (1512). After him are Karim Khalili (1950), Vima Takto (100), Heliocles I (-200), Amr ibn al-Layth (null), Sultan Ali Keshtmand (1935), and Ali Shah Durrani (1800).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Amrullah Saleh ranks 78. Before him are Qabus (1000), Abdul Kabir (1958), Mohammad Afzal Khan (1811), Zalmay Khalilzad (1951), Sima Samar (1957), and Kamran Mirza (1512). After him are Karim Khalili (1950), Vima Takto (100), Heliocles I (-200), Amr ibn al-Layth (null), Sultan Ali Keshtmand (1935), and Ali Shah Durrani (1800).

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