Hamid Karzai

@Former President of Afghanistan, Family and Life

Hamid Karzai, the former President of Afghanistan, is known for implementing reforms aimed at bringing about peace and prosperity in the country

Dec 24, 1957

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Biography

Personal Details

  • Birthday: December 24, 1957
  • Nationality: Afghan
  • Famous: Afghan Leaders, Former President of Afghanistan, Leaders, Political Leaders
  • Spouses: Zeenat Karzai
  • Siblings: Ahmed Wali Karzai, Fauzia Karzai, Mahmud Karzai, Quayum Karzai
  • Childrens: Howsi Karzai, Malalai Karzai, Mirwais Karzai
  • Universities:
    • 1983 - Himachal Pradesh University
    • 1976 - Habibia High School
    • Middle East Technical University

Hamid Karzai born at

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Birth Place

During the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Karzai's entirely family emigrated to the United States, where most of them still live today.

Personal Life

Hamid Karzai has been married to his wife Zeenat Quraishi since 1999. Together, they have three children: Mirwais, Malalai and Horwsi.

Personal Life

Hamid Karzai was born on December 24, 1957 in the Karz area of Kandahar, Afghanistan. Both of his parents are ethnic Pashtun members of the Popalzai tribe. He has six brothers.

Childhood & Early Life

Hamid's father, Abdul Ahad Karzai, was the Deputy Speaker of Parliament in Afghanistan in the 1960s. His uncle, Habibullah Karzai, was Afghanistan's representative to the United Nations in the same period.

Childhood & Early Life

He attended ‘Mahmood Hotaki Primary School’ in Kandahar. Later, he moved to Kabul to study at the ‘Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani School’. Hamid graduated from ‘Habibia High School’ in Kabul, in 1976.

Childhood & Early Life

After graduating from high school, he traveled to India to study at Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla. In 1979, while overseas, the Soviet Union invaded Karzai's homeland of Afghanistan.

Career

In 1983, Hamid successfully obtained his master's degree. He then moved to Pakistan to work as a fundraiser for anti-government rebels in his homeland.

Career

Karzai began working for the ‘Central Intelligence Agency’ (CIA) at this time, funneling money and weapons from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran and the United States to the rebels in Afghanistan.

Career

In 1988, he returned to Afghanistan to work with the anti-government rebels in Tarinkot. Using his family connections, Hamid rallied his tribe to remove government forces from the city.

Career

In 1992, the Soviet-installed government of Mohammed Najibullah collapsed. Karzai participated in drafting the ‘Peshawar Accords’, an important treaty that restored democracy in the country.

Career

On January 29, 2002, Karzai was given a commemorative medallion by the United States House of Representatives.

Awards & Achievements

In June 2003, this prominent leader was created an Honorary Knight by Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.

Awards & Achievements