Qurban Ali Urozgani ( prs, قربانعلی اروزگانی) was the previous governor of
Daykundi Province
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of
Afghanistan
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. He was selected as governor by
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in April 2010. He belongs to
Hazara ethnic of Afghanistan.
Early life
Urozgani was born on 21 March 1958 in
Khas Urozgan District of
Urozgan Province
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. His father, Mirza Muhammad Essa, was a government employee in
Helmand Province
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. Urozgani graduated from Technical Agriculture High School in 1979. During the university life, he started participating in anti-Soviet political parties, for which he had to quit education.
Political career
After the
September 11 attacks
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, on the establishment of new government in Afghanistan, Urozgani was nominated as one of the people's Representative of Helmand province. In 2009, Urozgani was selected as the new governor of Daykundi Province after Jan Mohammad Akbari until 2012.
See also
*
List of Hazara people
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Notes
References
afghan-bios.info/Qurban Ali Urozgani
External links
Oruzgani's Personal Website
Governors of Daykundi Province
Living people
1959 births
Hazara politicians
People from Urozgan Province
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