Azizullah Lodin
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|birth_date = 1939
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|birth_place = Herat, Afghanistan
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|occupation = Head of the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan
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Dr. Azizullah Lodin (Pashto: داکترعزیزالله لودین; 2015–1939) was the head of the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan.
2009 Afghan presidential election
Following allegations of fraud during the 2009 Afghan presidential election which he oversaw, presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah called for the sacking of Lodin, saying that he had "no credibility".{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8325709.stm | title=Row erupts over Afghan poll chief | accessdate=2009-10-26 | date=2009-10-26 | publisher=BBC News }} In the days prior to the release of the final election results, Lodin repeatedly met with President Hamid Karzai as the Afghan Independent Election Commission was challenging the findings of the auditors on the UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission.{{cite news | url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hvWEqwq3CrRvaQCmt21MfoYhjZJQD9BFMCU80 | title=Afghans take steps to prevent fraud in next vote | accessdate=2009-10-26 | date=2009-10-21 | publisher=Associated Press }} Karzai rejected the call by Abdullah, stating "the changes would not be helpful to the elections and the country". He died at the age of 75 or 76 on January 4, 2015.{{Cite news|url=http://www.khaama.com/ex-afghan-anti-corruption-chief-passed-away-in-united-states-9206|title=Ex-Afghan anti-corruption chief passed away in United States|newspaper=The Khaama Press News Agency|date=4 January 2015}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091007053127/http://www.iec.org.af/subContent.asp?sect=2&page=lodin Profile on Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan website]
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