Religion Sunni Islam Resigned June 28, 1992 Education Al-Azhar University | Succeeded by Burhanuddin Rabbani Name Sibghatullah Mojaddedi | |
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Prime Minister Abdul Sabur Farid Kuhestani Preceded by Abdul Rahim Hatef (Acting) Political party Afghan National Liberation Front Role Former President of Afghanistan Previous office President of Afghanistan (1992–1992) Presidential term April 28, 1992 – June 28, 1992 Similar People Burhanuddin Rabbani, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Karim Khalili, Ahmad Shah Massoud Profiles | ||
A funeral Ceremony For Sibghatullah Mojaddedi The Ex-Interim President
Sibghatullah Mojaddedi (Pashto: صبغت الله مجددی, born 21 April 1925) is a politician in Afghanistan, who served as Acting President after the fall of Mohammad Najibullah's government in April 1992. He is also the founder of the Afghan National Liberation Front, and served as the chairman of the 2003 loya jirga that approved Afghanistan's new constitution.
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- A funeral Ceremony For Sibghatullah Mojaddedi The Ex Interim President
- Early years
- Presidency 1992
- Later political career
- Assassination attempt
- Personal life
- References
In 2005 he was appointed chairman of the Meshrano Jirga, upper house of the National Assembly of Afghanistan, and was reappointed as a member in 2011. He also serves on the Afghan High Peace Council.
Early years
Mojaddedi was born on 21 April 1925 in Kabul, Afghanistan. His family, the Mojaddedis, are a well-known family of religious scholars from Kabul who trace their ancestry to Mujaddid Ahmad Sirhindi, a prominent 16th-century Islamic scholar and Naqshbandi Sufi. Ethnically, the Mojaddedis are categorized as Pashtuns.
Mojaddedi studied Islamic Law and Jurisprudence at al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt. In 1952 he returned to Afghanistan to teach in high schools and at Kabul University, where he became known as an advocate of Afghan independence. In 1959 Mojaddedi was accused of conspiring against then Soviet Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev and was imprisoned until 1964. He spent many of the following years, including the period of Taliban rule, in exile in several countries such as Denmark and Pakistan before his entry into Afghan politics.
Presidency (1992)
Mojaddedi is considered a moderate Muslim leader. He is a member of the Jebh-e-Nejat-e Melli (National Liberation Front). In 1989 the Afghan Interim Government appointed him as the president of the country.
In 1992, he was the chair of the Islamic Jihad Council that was set up to establish a post-Soviet Afghan government. This position lasted three months, although some sources say he stayed for only two months. In May 1992, Burhanuddin Rabbani established a new leadership council. This council undermined Mojaddedi's leadership, resulting in his resignation and handing over power to a new council. During this time in 1992, when Mojaddedi was President of Afghanistan, the Ariana plane carrying him to Kabul was hit by an RPG as it was landing at Kabul International Airport. The plane landed safely, with no fatalities.
Later political career
After the fall of the Taliban in 2001, Mojaddedi returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan and became chairman of the Loya Jirga, the assembly which approved Afghanistan's new constitution. In 2005 he became chairman of the Meshrano Jirga, Afghanistan's upper house of the National Assembly of Afghanistan, and he was reappointed as member in 2011. He also serves on the Afghan High Peace Council.
On 26 August 2015, Mojaddedi launched a new political party, the Council of Jihad and National Political Parties.
Assassination attempt
Two suicide bombers carried out an attack in Kabul on 12 March 2006 against Mojaddedi, while he was a member of the upper house and head of a reconciliation committee aimed at engaging former Taliban members. The attackers blew up a vehicle filled with explosives next to his car as he was being driven through the streets. Four pedestrians were killed and Mojaddedi was slightly injured, with burns to his face and hands.
Personal life
Mojaddedi was reported to have died on 9 February 2016, he was subsequently reported to have been present at a ceremony commemorating the 27th anniversary of the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan on 15 February 2016.