Ahmad Zia Massoud

Ahmad Zia Massoud احمد ضیاء مسعود
First Vice President of Afghanistan
In office 7 December 2004 – 19 November 2009
President	Hamid Karzai
Preceded by	office created
Succeeded by	Mohammed Fahim
Personal details
Born	(1956-05-01) 1 May 1956 (age 68) Muqur District, Ghazni Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Political party	Jamiat-e Islami
Occupation	Politician

Ahmad Zia Massoud (Dari: احمد ضیاء مسعود, born May 1, 1956) is an Afghan politician who was the vice president of Afghanistan in the first elected administration of President Hamid Karzai, from December 2004 to November 2009.^[1] He is a younger brother of the late Ahmad Shah Massoud, the resistance leader against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and against the Taliban. In late 2011, Ahmad Zia Massoud joined hands with major leaders in the National Front of Afghanistan, which strongly opposed a return of the Taliban to power. The National Front was generally regarded as a reformation of the United Front (Northern Alliance) which with U.S. air support temporarily removed the Taliban from power in late 2001.