Karim Khalili
Afghan Hazara politician
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Karim Khalili (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]
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Karim Khalili کریم خلیلی | |
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Khalili in 2018 | |
| Chairman of the Afghan High Peace Council | |
| 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 75–76) |
| Party | Hezbe Islami Gulbuddin |
Other political affiliations | Hezbe Wahdat (1989-1993) |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Politician, leader, former Mujahideen leader |
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]
