Azra Jafari

Azra Jafari
عذرا جعفری
Azra Jafari, Nili mayor, addressing the audience in 2012
Mayor of Nili, Afghanistan
In office
December 2008 – January 2014
PresidentHamid Karzai
GovernorQurban Ali Oruzgani
Personal details
Born
Azra Jafari

1978[1]
Afghanistan
Residence(s)Nili, Daykundi
OccupationMayor, writer
Award(s)Meeto Memorial Award for Young South Asians 2011[2]

Azra Jafari (Persian: عذرا جعفری) is an Afghan politician and women rights advocate who became the first female mayor in Afghanistan appointed by President Hamid Karzai in December 2008. She became the mayor of Nili, a town in Daykundi Province of Afghanistan. She belongs to the Hazara ethnic group.

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  2. ^ "Azra Jafari wins Meeto Memorial Award for Young South Asians 2011". Infochange News and Features Network. Retrieved 1 May 2012.

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