Yunus Qanuni

Younus Qanooni
یونس قانونی
1st Vice President of Afghanistan
In office
11 March 2014 – 29 September 2014
PresidentHamid Karzai
Preceded byMohammed Fahim
Succeeded byAbdul Rashid Dostum
Speaker of the House of the People
In office
7 December 2005 – 6 December 2010
DeputyMirwais Yasini
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAbdul Rauf Ibrahimi
Personal details
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Panjshir, Afghanistan
Political partyNew 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).