Mawlawi Mir Hamza
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PresidentBurhanuddin Rabbani
Preceded byAbdul Rasul Sayyaf
Succeeded byMohammad Shah Fazli
Bornc. 1943-1944
Mawlawi Mawlawi Mir Hamza | |
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مولوی میر حمزه | |
| Vice President of Afghanistan | |
| In office August 1992 – 12 January 1993 | |
| President | Burhanuddin Rabbani |
| Preceded by | Abdul Rasul Sayyaf |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Shah Fazli |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 1943-1944 |
| Died | 12 January 1993 (aged 50) Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Political party | Jamiat-e Islami |
Mawlawi Mir Hamza was an islamist politician from Afghanistan who served as Vice President of Afghanistan in Mujahideen government in 1990s.[1]
He was born ca 1943-1944. He was a Mawlawi from a madrasa. He became a member of Jamiat-e Islami in 1969.[2] He was Minister of Education in the Pakistani-located mujahideen government of Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai in 1988. [3] He was chosen as Vice President of Burhanuddin Rabbani in 1992. He died in office on 12 January 1993[1] at the age of 50, in a hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan.[2]