Ghoulam Haider Hamidi

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Ghulam Haider Hamidi (* 1947 in Kandahar ; † July 27, 2011 there ) was an Afghan politician . He was the mayor of Kandahar.

Life

Hamidi, born in Kandahar in 1947, came from a noble Pashtun family. He studied at the University of Kabul . He spent a large part of his life in exile in the United States . Until 2006, Hamidi was an accountant in Virginia . In 2007 he took over the post of mayor in Kandahar. He has been attacked several times since then.

On July 27, 2011, a suicide bomber detonated a bomb hidden in his turban at a meeting of clan chiefs in Hamidi's office in Kandahar . Hamidi, a civilian and the attacker were killed. Hamidi was considered an ally and possible successor to the half-brother of Hamid Karzai who had been killed 15 days earlier and chairman of the provincial council of Kandahar Ahmad Wali Karzai . The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. According to her spokesman, Kari Jussef Ahmadi , Hamidi was killed in revenge for the deaths of two children who were killed in the demolition of illegal houses he ordered.

Hamidi was married and had seven children. One of his daughters, Rangina Hamidi, is a prominent lawyer specializing in women's issues in the United States.

Web links

  • Biography. In: Afghan Biographies. January 6, 2011, accessed July 27, 2011 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Friederike Böge: The police will kill me. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . December 2, 2010, accessed December 2, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Mayor of Kandahar killed in attack. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. July 27, 2011, accessed July 27, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Mayor of Kandahar killed in attack. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . July 27, 2011, accessed July 27, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Mayor of Kandahar killed. In: the daily newspaper . July 27, 2011, accessed July 27, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Hamidi, Ghulam Haider
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Afghan politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Kandahar
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 2011
Place of death Kandahar