First Lady of Afghanistan
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| First Lady of Afghanistan | |
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| Status | Presidency abolished |
| Residence | Presidential Citadel, Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Term length | Concurrent with the president's term (unless a divorce or death takes place) |
| Formation | 17 July 1973 |
| First holder | Zamina Begum |
| Final holder | Rula Ghani |
| Abolished | 15 August 2021 |
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First Lady of Afghanistan was the title attributed to the wife of the president of Afghanistan. Rula Ghani, wife of former President Ashraf Ghani, was the last and most recent first lady of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021.
List of first ladies of Afghanistan[edit]
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| Nº |
Image |
First Lady |
Birth | Marriage |
President |
Tenure began |
Tenure ended | Age at tenure start | Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zamina Begum |
1917 | September 1934[citation needed] |  Mohammed Daoud Khan
|
17 July 1973 | 28 April 1978 | 55–56 | 1978 | |
| 2 | 
|
Fatana Najib |
1953 |  Mohammad Najibullah
|
30 September 1987 | 16 April 1992 | - | ||
| 3 | 
|
Zeenat Karzai[1][2] |
1970 | 1999 |  Hamid Karzai
|
22 December 2001 | 29 September 2014 | 31 | - |
| 4 | 
|
Rula Saadah[1][2] |
1948 | 1975 |  Ashraf Ghani
|
29 September 2014 | 15 August 2021 | 64 | - |
See also[edit]
- Queens of Afghanistan
- President of Afghanistan
- List of presidents of Afghanistan
- List of monarchs of Afghanistan
References[edit]
- ^ a b Marcus, Ruth (2015-02-24). "Afghanistan's quietly forceful first lady". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
- ^ a b Walsh, Declan; Nordland, Rod (2014-10-15). "Jolting Some, Afghan Leader Brings Wife Into the Picture". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
External links[edit]
- "Afghanistan's next first lady, a Christian Lebanese-American?", Al Arabiya
- "Afghanistan first lady Rula Ghani moves into the limelight", BBC News
- "Will Afghan Leader Ashraf Ghani Bow to Pressure to Hide His Wife?", NBC News
- "Afghanistan's new first lady to focus on women and children", Deutsche Welle
- "The Real First Ladies of Afghanistan", Foreign Policy