Abdullah Abdullah داکتر عبدالله |
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Chief Executive of Afghanistan | |
Assumed office 29 September 2014 |
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President | Ashraf Ghani |
Deputy |
Mohammad Khan Rahmani Mohammad Mohaqiq |
Preceded by | Position established |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 22 December 2001 – 20 April 2005 |
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President | Hamid Karzai |
Preceded by | Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai |
Succeeded by | Rangin Dadfar Spanta |
Leader of the National Coalition of Afghanistan | |
Assumed office 18 March 2010 |
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Preceded by | Position established |
Personal details | |
Born |
Kārte Parwān, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
5 September 1960
Political party | National Coalition of Afghanistan |
Spouse(s) | Fakhria Abdullah (1993–present) |
Children | 4 |
Alma mater | Kabul University |
Religion | Islam |
Website | Official website |
Abdullah Abdullah (Persian/Pashto: عبدالله عبدالله, born September 5, 1960) is an Afghan politician, serving as Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan since September 2014. From October 2001 to April 2005, he served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Prior to that he was a senior member of the Northern Alliance working as an adviser to Ahmad Shah Massoud. He also worked as a Doctor of Medicine during the late 1990s.
Abdullah ran against President Hamid Karzai in the Afghan presidential election, 2009, coming in second place with 30.5% of the total votes. In 2010, he created the Coalition for Change and Hope (now the National Coalition of Afghanistan), which is one of the leading democratic opposition movements in Afghanistan. In 2011, the coalition was transformed into the National Coalition of Afghanistan. He ran again in the 2014 presidential election and went to the second round with 45% the total vote. His closest rival, Ashraf Ghani, had secured 35% of the total vote. Due to signs of fraud, the results of the second round were heavily contested and led to a deadlock. Despite the controversy regarding the results of the second round of elections, the final certified result by the Independent election commision of Afghanistan shows that Ashraf Ghani received 55.3% of the votes while Abdullah Abdullah secured 44.7% of the vote. After months of talks and US mediation, the two candidates established a national unity government in which Abdullah serves as the Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.