First Lady of Afghanistan
{{short description|Ceremonial position for the spouse of the Afghan head of state}}
{{More citations needed|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox Political post
| post = First Lady
| body = Afghanistan
| insigniacaption = First Lady's Standard
| image = Rula_Ghani_(cropped).jpg
| imagecaption = Final holder
Rula Ghani
29 September 2014 – 15 August 2021
| last = Rula Ghani
| residence = Presidential Citadel, Kabul, Afghanistan
| termlength = Concurrent with the president's term (unless a divorce or death takes place)
| formation = 17 July 1973
| first = Zamina Begum
| abolished = 15 August 2021
| status = Presidency abolished
| website =
}}
First Lady of Afghanistan was the title attributed to the wife of the president of Afghanistan. Rula Ghani, wife of former President Ashraf Ghani, was the last and most recent first lady of Afghanistan from 2014 to 2021.
List of first ladies of Afghanistan
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| align="center"| Nº !align="center" class="unsortable"| Image !align="center"| First Lady !align="center"| Birth !align="center"| Marriage !align="center"| President !align="center" class="unsortable"| Tenure began !align="center" class="unsortable"| Tenure ended !align="center"| Age at tenure start !align="center"| Death |
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| 1
| | 1917 | September 1934{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} | {{flagicon|Afghanistan|1974}} Mohammed Daoud Khan | 17 July 1973 | 28 April 1978 | 55–56 | 1978 |
| 2
| | Nur bibi Taraki | | | {{flagicon|Afghanistan|1978}} Nur Muhammad Taraki | 30 April 1978 | 14 September 1979 | | |
| 3
| | Patmana Amin | | | {{flagicon|Afghanistan|1978}} Hafizullah Amin | 14 September 1979 | 27 December 1979 | | |
| 4
| | Mahboba Karmal | 1934 | 1953 | {{flagicon|Afghanistan|1980}} Babrak Karmal | 27 December 1979 | 4 May 1986 | | |
| 5
| 100px | 1953 | | {{flagicon|Afghanistan|1987}} Mohammad Najibullah | 30 September 1987 | 16 April 1992 | | - |
| 6
|File:Zeenat Karzai in 2005.jpg | Zeenat Karzai{{Cite news|last=Marcus|first=Ruth|date=2015-02-24|title=Afghanistan’s quietly forceful first lady|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/afghanistans-quietly-forceful-first-lady/2015/02/24/939887fa-bc5e-11e4-b274-e5209a3bc9a9_story.html|access-date=2022-02-15|issn=0190-8286}}{{Cite news|last=Walsh|first=Declan|last2=Nordland|first2=Rod|date=2014-10-15|title=Jolting Some, Afghan Leader Brings Wife Into the Picture|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/15/world/asia/as-afghan-first-lady-rula-ghani-steps-into-public-role-celebration-and-criticism.html|access-date=2022-02-15|issn=0362-4331}} | 1970 | 1999 | {{flagicon|Afghanistan|2004}} Hamid Karzai | 22 December 2001 | 29 September 2014 | 31 | - |
| 7
| 1948 | 1975 | {{flagicon|Afghanistan|2013}} Ashraf Ghani | 29 September 2014 | 15 August 2021 | 64 | - |
See also
References
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External links
- [http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/profiles/2014/04/05/Afghanistan-s-next-first-lady-a-Christian-Lebanese-American-.html "Afghanistan's next first lady, a Christian Lebanese-American?"], Al Arabiya
- [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-29601045 "Afghanistan first lady Rula Ghani moves into the limelight"], BBC News
- [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/will-afghan-leader-ashraf-ghani-bow-pressure-hide-his-wife-n210331 "Will Afghan Leader Ashraf Ghani Bow to Pressure to Hide His Wife?"], NBC News
- [http://www.dw.de/afghanistans-new-first-lady-to-focus-on-women-and-children/a-17993967 "Afghanistan's new first lady to focus on women and children"], Deutsche Welle
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20141116214305/http://southasia.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2014/10/31/the_real_first_ladies_of_afghanistan "The Real First Ladies of Afghanistan"], Foreign Policy