Nur ul-Haq Ulumi

Nur ul-Haq Ulumi
Interior Minister Afghanistan
In office 27 January 2015 – 24 February 2016
President	Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
Preceded by	Sattar General Ayub Salangi (acting)
Succeeded by	Taj Muhammad Jahid
Member of the Wolesi Jirga for Kandahar
In office 2005–2010
Governor of Kandahar Province
In office 1989–1992
President	Mohammad Najibullah
Personal details
Born	(1941-08-15) 15 August 1941 (age 82) Kandahar, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Citizenship	Netherlands
Political party	NUPA (from 2003)
Other political affiliations	PDPA (until 1992)
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Kabul
Military service
Allegiance	Afghanistan
Branch/service	Afghan Army
Years of service	1963–1992
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands	1st Central Army Corps (Kabul) 2nd Army Corps (Kandahar)
Battles/wars	Soviet–Afghan War Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Nur ul-Haq Ulumi (born 15 August 1941) is an Afghan politician, who served as Interior Minister from 2015 to 2016, and as a Member of the House of the People from 2005 to 2010 representing Kandahar. He founded and previously led the National United Party of Afghanistan, a small left-wing and secular party in Afghanistan that is a member of the National Coalition of Afghanistan.^[1] Ulumi previously served in the Afghan Army as a member of the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan^[2] during the Afghan Civil War (1989–1992), and left service with the rank of lieutenant general. He was a candidate in the 2019 Afghan presidential election.^[3][4]