Nur ul-Haq Ulumi

Nur ul-Haq Ulumi
Interior Minister Afghanistan
In office
27 January 2015 – 24 February 2016
PresidentAshraf Ghani Ahmadzai
Preceded bySattar General Ayub Salangi
(acting)
Succeeded byTaj Muhammad Jahid
Member of the Wolesi Jirga for Kandahar
In office
2005–2010
Governor of Kandahar Province
In office
1989–1992
PresidentMohammad Najibullah
Personal details
Born (1941-08-15) 15 August 1941 (age 83)
Kandahar, Kingdom of Afghanistan
CitizenshipNetherlands
Political partyNUPA (from 2003)
Other political
affiliations		PDPA (until 1992)
Children3
Alma materUniversity of Kabul
Military service
Allegiance Afghanistan
Branch/service Afghan Army
Years of service1963–1992
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands1st Central Army Corps (Kabul)
2nd Army Corps (Kandahar)
Battles/warsSoviet–Afghan War
Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Nur ul-Haq Ulumi (born 15 August 1941) is an Afghan politician, who served as Interior Minister from 2015 to 2016, and as a Member of the House of the People from 2005 to 2010 representing Kandahar. He founded and previously led the National United Party of Afghanistan, a small left-wing and secular party in Afghanistan that is a member of the National Coalition of Afghanistan.[1] Ulumi previously served in the Afghan Army as a member of the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan[2] during the Afghan Civil War (1989–1992), and left service with the rank of lieutenant general. He was a candidate in the 2019 Afghan presidential election.[3][4]

  1. ^ "List of Political Parties in Afghanistan -". 1 July 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
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  3. ^ "Ex-Interior Minister Ulumi Runs For President". TOLOnews. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
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