Zabih-U-llah Ghazi Noristani is a citizen of
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
who was a candidate in
Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.
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Academic career
He completed his secondary education was at the
Rahman Baba High School of
Kabul
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in 1970.
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He earned a bachelor's degree at
the Agriculture Higher Studies Institute in 1975.
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Military and political service
He worked on a joint project of Kunar forestry department and the United Nations
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Food and Agriculture Organization
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from 1975 to 1978.[
He was both an active fighter during the Soviet occupation, and he participated in the political opposition to Soviets.][
In 1978 he founded the Islamic Freedom Front of Afghanistan Party, a local party in Nuristan Province.
In 1990, after the Soviets left Afghanistan, he moved to the USA, where he lived until 2006.][
In America he was active in the Afghan expatriate community.
In 2006 the Islamic Freedom Front changed its name to the Justice and Development Party of Afghanistan.][
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Presidential candidacy, 2009
During the 2009 Presidential elections he stood 25th in a field of 38.[
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He won 1,516 votes.
References
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1952 births
Living people
Afghan politicians