Al-Haj Suliman Yari (19 August 1936 – 10 May 2013) was an Afghan politician.
Yari was the son of Nek Mohammad Yari and was born on 19 August 1936 in the province of
Wardak, district Behsod, in Qol Kheish of
Afghanistan.
Al-Haj Suliman Yari served two terms as a member of the
Wolesi Jirga (Afghan parliament) during the reign of
King Zahir. During the war against the
Soviet Union he lived in
Peshawar and provided assistance to the
Mujahideen
''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term th ...
from there. In the years between 1992–1995 he was the Afghan minister for Light, Industries and Food Provision.
After the fall of the
Taliban regime he returned to his homeland and became a member of the
Emergency Loya Jirga, the
Constitutional Loya Jirga and then a member of the Independent Election Commission (IEC).
Later he became a
member
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of the
Meshrano Jirga
The House of Elders or Mesherano Jirga ( ps, د افغانستان مشرانو جرګه), was the upper house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan, alongside the lower House of the People (Wolesi Jirga). It was effectively disso ...
(Afghan Senate), a member of the High Peace Council (HPC)
as well as the head of the Hazara People Council.
References
1936 births
2013 deaths
Food ministers of Afghanistan
Industry ministers of Afghanistan
Members of the House of Elders (Afghanistan)
Members of the House of the People (Afghanistan)
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