Sima Samar
| Sima Samar | |
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Sima Samar in 2011
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| Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan | |
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In office December 2001 – 2003 |
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| President | Hamid Karzai |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Habiba Sarabi |
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3 February 1957  Jaghori, Afghanistan
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| Political party | Truth and Justice |
| Religion | Islam |
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Sima Samar (Persian: سیما سمر) (born 3 February 1957) is a well known woman’s and human rights advocate, activist and a social worker within national and international forums, who served as Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan from December 2001 to 2003. She is currently the Chairperson of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and, since 2005, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Sudan. In 2011, she was part of the newly founded Truth and Justice party.
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