Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi | |
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فضل الله وحیدي | |
![]() Wahidi giving a speech at a
cricket
tournament near a U.S. Forward Operating Base in 2010 | |
Governor of Herat Province, Afghanistan | |
In office 4 July 2013 – 24 December 2014 | |
Preceded by | Daud Shah Saba |
Governor of Kunar Province, Afghanistan | |
In office 18 November 2007 – 3 July 2013 | |
Preceded by | Hajji Mohammad Didar |
Succeeded by | Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala |
Personal details | |
Born | 1951 Surkh Rod District, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan |
Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi ( Pashto: فضل الله وحیدي, born: 1951) is a politician in Afghanistan. He served as the governor of Herat Province, appointed by President Hamid Karzai on 2 July 2013. [1] Previously, he served as Kunar Governor and as the chairman of the Afghan NGOs' Coordination Bureau (ANCB), a non-profit umbrella organization of over 270 local NGOs.[ citation needed]
Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi was born in Surkh Rod District of Nangarhar Province in 1951. Fazlullah studied literature at Kabul University in 1973. He claims to be Sayed [1] ( Arab), and is fluent in Dari, Pashto, and English. [2]
Sayed Fazlullah has worked in the humanitarian relief and assistance fields in Afghanistan for over 25 years.
Wahidi served as the chairman of the Afghan NGOs' Coordination Bureau (ANCB), a non-profit umbrella organization of over 270 local NGOs.[ citation needed] He served as the General Director and Chairman of ANCB Kabul, Afghanistan, and Peshawar, Pakistan, respectively. He was also the Director of the Afghan-German Help Coordination Office (AGHCO). He continues to represent Afghan NGOs internationally as an elected executive committee member of the International Council of Voluntary Agencies. [1]
Wahidi has a technocratic background who is not associated with any political party, however during the jihad period, Wahidi was associated with National Islamic Front of Afghanistan, headed by Pir Sayed Ahmad Gillani. [1]
He was appointed as the Governor of Kunar Province on November 18, 2007, and Governor of Herat Province on July 3, 2013.