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Younus Qanooni یونس قانونی | |
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1st Vice President of Afghanistan | |
In office 11 March 2014 – 29 September 2014 | |
President | Hamid Karzai |
Preceded by | Mohammed Fahim |
Succeeded by | Abdul Rashid Dostum |
Speaker of the House of the People | |
In office 7 December 2005 – 6 December 2010 | |
Deputy | Mirwais Yasini |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi |
Personal details | |
Born | 1957 (age 66–67) Panjshir, Afghanistan |
Political party | New Afghanistan Party |
Younus Qanooni (Dari: یونس قانونی, born on 10 May 1957 in Panjshir Valley) is an Afghan politician who was Vice President of Afghanistan. An ethnic Tajik, Qanooni is the leader of the Afghanistan e Naween (New Afghanistan) political party and former Speaker of the House of the People (the lower house of parliament or Wolesi Jirga).