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Abdul Zahir (politician)

Afghan diplomat and politician

Field	Value
name	Abdul Zahir
image	Abdul Zahir White House.png
caption	Abdul Zahir in 1963
office1	Speaker of the House of People
term_start1	1961
term_end1	1968
predecessor1	Mohammad Nawroz Khan
successor1	Mohammad Omer Wardak
order2	Prime Minister of Afghanistan
monarch2	Mohammad Zahir Shah
term_start2	9 June 1971
term_end2	12 December 1972
predecessor2	Mohammad Nur Ahmad Etemadi
successor2	Mohammad Musa Shafiq
birth_date	3 May 1910
birth_place	De Baghalak, Mihtarlam District, Laghman Province, Emirate of Afghanistan
death_date
death_place	Kabul, Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
party	Independent
spouse	Quraisha
children	Ahmad Zahir (1946–1979), Zahira Zahir (1940–), Asif Zahir (1932–2000), Belqis Zahir

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Abdul Zahir (3 May 1910 – 21 October 1982) was an Afghan politician who was Prime Minister of Afghanistan for over a year in the early 1970s, during the reign of King Mohammad Zahir Shah.

Early life and education

An ethnic Pashtun from the Ghilji Sahak tribe, Abdul Zahir was born in the village of De Baghalak in Mihtarlam District of Laghman Province in eastern Afghanistan. He had three or four brothers. His father's name was Mirza Abdul Qader.

Abdul Zahir attended secondary school in Kabul and university in the United States, earning an MD from Columbia University and a Master's degree in public health from Johns Hopkins University.

Career

Abdul Zahir became a medical doctor and returned to Afghanistan to practice medicine, but eventually entered politics. His political positions included terms as Minister of Health, Speaker of House of the People from 1961 to 1968, and Ambassador to Italy and Pakistan. Most prominently, he served as Prime Minister of Afghanistan from June 1970 to December 1972. A few months after resigning, King Mohammad Zahir Shah was overthrown and Abdul Zahir retired from politics.

Personal life

Abdul Zahir was married to Quraisha and had four children. His son Ahmad Zahir was a popular musician who died in a car accident in 1979. His daughter Zahira Zahir is a hairdresser in Washington, D.C. | access-date=2008-02-03 | author-link=John R. Thomson | access-date=2008-02-03 | access-date=2008-02-03

References

{{YouTube. mk0SwV5Y1b8. Ahmad Zahir House (May 9, 2023) (@ 11:53) (stating in Pashto language that he was ethnic Pashtun from the Sahak tribe)
(6 December 2003). "احمد ظاهر، الويس پريسلی افغانستان Ahmad Zahir: Elvis Presley of Afghanistan". BBC Persian.
(13 June 2018). "احمد ظاهر ولې پښتو سندرې کمې ویلې دي؟ Why Did Ahmad Zahir Sing Few Pashto Songs?". BBC Pashto.
(23 October 2016). "احمد ظاهر یو لیجنډ سندرغاړی Ahmad Zahir: A Legendary Singer". Mashaal Radio.
Amy Waldman. (20 March 2003). "Kabul Journal; The Afghan Elvis 'Lives' 24 Years After His Death". The New York Times.
(10 October 2019). "'Evergreen': Afghan Elvis's legacy endures, decades after death". Al Jazeera.
James Astill. (27 November 2003). "Pilgrims flock to Kabul to pay tribute to the Afghan Elvis". The Guardian.
(29 October 2018). "Afghan Singer's Legacy Continues at Home And Abroad". Gandhara.
"BBC World Service – the Documentary, Remembering Afghanistan's Elvis".
(25 January 2019). "A glance of the History of Assemblies of Afghanistan". Wolesi Yirga.

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