Full Name: Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
Profession: President of Afghanistan
Biography: Ashraf Ghani is an Afghan politician who served as the President of Afghanistan until the country fell to the Taliban in 2021.
Ghani is a graduate of Columbia University, where he earned his Ph.D. in anthropology. He has worked as a professor at Johns Hopkins University and as a World Bank economist.
Ghani served as Afghanistan's Finance Minister from July 2002 to December 2004. He was also a candidate in the 2009 Afghan presidential election, finishing second behind Hamid Karzai.
Ghani was first elected as President of Afghanistan in 2014, and he was re-elected in 2019.
Born: May 19, 1949
Birthplace: Logar, Afghanistan
Age: 75 years old
Generation: Baby Boomer
Chinese Zodiac: Ox
Star Sign: Taurus
Historical Events
- 2014-09-29 Ashraf Ghani becomes President of Afghanistan
- 2018-11-15 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani confirms more than 28,000 of the country's military and police have been killed since 2015
- 2020-02-18 Ashraf Ghani declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential elections five months after the vote, fraud allegations meant recounting
- 2021-08-15 Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flees the country as Taliban forces enter the capital Kabul and take control
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