List of governors of Balkh
This is a list of the governors of the province of Balkh, Afghanistan.
Governors of Balkh Province
Governor | Period | Notes | |
Abdul Wahab Malikyar | 1975 - | ||
Norullah Noori | - 2001 |
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Mohammad Ishaq Rahguzar | 2001 2003 | He served as a mujahideen commander during the Soviet–Afghan War. | |
Habibullah Habib | - - | He was an acting governor of Balkh in December 2003. | |
Atta Muhammad Nur | 2004 2018 | Member or affiliate of the Jamiat-e Islami party, who served as a mujahideen fighter during the Soviet–Afghan War and became a commander during the early 1990s when the country was in civil war. After the Taliban took power in late 1996, he served as one of the Northern Alliance commanders under Ahmad Shah Massoud He was ousted by president Ashraf Ghani in early 2018. | |
Mohammad Ishaq Rahguzar | 2018 | Atta recommended him and so president Ashraf Ghani reappointed him. |