Burhanuddin Rabbani
| Burhanuddin Rabbani برهان الدین رباني |
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Rabbani in December 2010.
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| 10th President of Afghanistan | |
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In office 28 June 1992 – 22 December 2001 |
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| Prime Minister |
Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Arsala Rahmani (Acting) Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai (Acting) Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai |
| Preceded by | Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Hamid Karzai |
| Head of the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan | |
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In office 27 September 1996 – 13 November 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Faction etablished |
| Succeeded by | Faction dissolved |
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| Born | 20 September 1940 Badakhshan, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Died |
20 September 2011 (aged 71) Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Jamiat-e Islami |
| Children | Kuni Rabbani |
| Alma mater |
Kabul University Al-Azhar University |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Burhanuddin Rabbani (Persian: برهان الدین رباني; 20 September 1940 – 20 September 2011) was President of the Islamic State of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996. After the Taliban government was toppled during Operation Enduring Freedom, Rabbani returned to Kabul and served as President from November to December 20, 2001, when Hamid Karzai was chosen at the Bonn International Conference on Afghanistan. Rabbani was also the leader of Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan (Islamic Society of Afghanistan), which has close ties to Pakistan's Jamaat-e-Islami.
He was one of the earliest founders and movement leaders of the Mujahideen in the early 1970s, right before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He served as the political head of the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan (UIFSA), an alliance of various political groups who fought against the Taliban in Afghanistan. His government was recognized by many countries, as well as the United Nations. He later became head of Afghanistan National Front (known in the media as United National Front), the largest political opposition to Hamid Karzai's government. On 20 September 2011, Rabbani was assassinated by a suicide bomber entering his home in Kabul. As suggested by the Afghan parliament, Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai gave him the title of "Martyr of Peace". His son Salahuddin Rabbani was chosen in April 2012 to lead efforts to forge peace in Afghanistan with the Taliban.
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