Karim Khalili

Karim Khalili کریم خلیلی
Khalili in 2018
Chairman of the Afghan High Peace Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 June 2017
President	Ashraf Ghani
Preceded by	Ahmed Gailani
Second Vice President of Afghanistan
In office 7 December 2004 – 29 September 2014
President	Hamid Karzai
Preceded by	Ahmed Shakar Karkar
Succeeded by	Sarwar Danish
Personal details
Born	1950 (age 73–74) Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan
Political party	Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan
Profession	Politician, Hezbe Wahdat leader, former Mujahideen leader

Karim Khalili (Persian: کریم خلیلی; born 1950) is an Afghan politician serving as leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan party.^[1] Most recently he was Chief of the Afghan High Peace Council from 2017 until its dissolvement in 2019.^[2] He was selected as a candidate for Second Vice President of Afghanistan in 2002 by Hamid Karzai; they were elected in 2004 and left office in 2014.^[3] Since 1989, he has also been one of the main leaders of the Wahdat political party of Hazara.^[4]

Early life

Khalili was born in the Maidan Wardak Province of Afghanistan in 1950 as either Muhammad Karim Khalili or Abdul Karim Khalili^[5][2][6][7] and belongs to Hazara ethnic group.^[8][9] He attended religious schools during his childhood and moved to Kabul in 1970 to continue his education.^[10] He participated in the Afghanistan resistance during Soviet invasion. He also served as Minister of Finance of Afghanistan during the Mujahideen government in the early 1990s.^[11]

Personal life

He has two sons, the older of which is Mohammad Taqi Khalili, Afghanistan's Ambassador to Azerbaijan.^[12]

References

1. Hashim, Asad (12 January 2021). "Afghan Shia leader in Pakistan after killings of Hazara miners". Aljazeera. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
2. "Ghani Appoints Khalili As HPC Chief On Eve Of Peace Meeting". TOLOnews. n.d. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
3. Richburg, Keith B. (27 July 2004). "Karzai Replaces Top Deputy On Ticket". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
4. "Karim Khalili (Hazara)". BBC. n.d. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
5. "Conference on the disabled opens in Kabul". The New Humanitarian. 30 September 2002. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
6. Central Intelligence Agency. The CIA World Factbook 2010. p. 2.
7. Gall, Carlotta (26 July 2004). "Afghan Leader Enters Presidential Race". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
8. Gannon, Kathy (12 January 2021). "Afghan Shiite leader in Pakistan after killings of miners". Associated Press. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
9. Nader, Alireza; Scotten, Ali G.; Rahmani, Ahmad Idrees; Stewart, Robert; Mahnad, Leila (2014). "Chapter 2: Iran and Afghanistan: A Complicated Relationship". Iran's Influence in Afghanistan: Implications for the U.S. drawdown. Book Publishers. p. 6. JSTOR 10.7249/j.ctt1287mjf.8.
10. "SECOND VICE PRESIDENT, KARIM KHALILI". Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - Warsaw. n.d. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
11. Adamec, Ludwig W. Historical dictionary of Afghan wars, revolutions, and insurgencies. p. 195.
12. Hamdard, Azizullah (March 2015). "Nepotism detected in appointing diplomats". Pajhwok Afghan News. Retrieved 22 July 2021.

Political offices
Preceded by Position created	Vice President of Afghanistan 2004–2014	Succeeded by Sarwar Danish