Jamaluddin Badr

{{Short description|Afghan politician}}

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|office= Governor of Nuristan Province, Afghanistan

|term_start= 27 January 2009

|term_end= 3 September 2011

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|predecessor= Hazrat Din Noor

|successor=Mohammad Tamim Nuristani

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|birth_place=Barg-e-Matal, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan

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File:Afghan provincial governors front row.jpg governor, Fazlullah Wahidi, Kunar governor, Gul Agha Sherzai, Nangarhar governor, and Lutfullah Mashal, Langhman governor, listen to speakers during a regional jirga in the city of Jalalabad, Afghanistan.]]

Jamaludin Badr served as Governor of Nuristan Province, Afghanistan from 2009 to 2011. He is the successor of Eng. Hazrat Din Noor, who died in a car accident only a few months after he was installed.[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hCDFMcj657d6GR_mX8kkyESrXOwQ Afghan provincial governor dies in car crash] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004205214/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hCDFMcj657d6GR_mX8kkyESrXOwQ |date=2012-10-04 }}. Afp.google.com (2008-09-05). Retrieved on 2012-02-21.

According to American officials{{Who|date=July 2010}}, relations between the coalition and Jamaluddin Badar broke down over allegations of corruption and months of unpaid police salaries. "We withdraw investment in places we cannot go," said US Navy Commander Russell McCormack. "In one month, we canceled 3.5 million dollars in schools because we could not go to the sites to verify what was happening to the money."[http://www.afghan-bios.info/tinc?key=2vB1wwzV&session_currentpage=index&session_mode=guest&formname=afghan_bios&session_searchcriteria=Badr&session_sortby=field_3&userid=1277891399;782909;349&session_nextpage=data_edit&session_offset=50&session_start=1&session_dbkey=1255179507;788983;648_afghan_bios&dbkey=1255179507;788983;648_afghan_bios Afghan Bios]. Afghan-bios.info. Retrieved on 2012-02-21.

In May 2010 Governor Badr faced accusations of corruption and was prosecuted.[https://ronna-afghan.harmonieweb.org/Lists/Submitted%20Content/Attachments/347/100602-NUIANU-Weekly%20Environmental%20Overview.pdf Nato/Isaf Unclassified Rel Afg/Ngos/Unama Weekly Environmental Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726141259/https://ronna-afghan.harmonieweb.org/Lists/Submitted%20Content/Attachments/347/100602-NUIANU-Weekly%20Environmental%20Overview.pdf |date=26 July 2011 }}. (PDF) . Retrieved on 2012-02-21. The case was referred to the Attorney General and Badr was sentenced to prison for two months.{{Cite web |url=http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2012/09/26/governor-among-3-ex-nuristan-officials-jailed |title=Governor among 3 ex-Nuristan officials jailed | Pajhwok Afghan News |access-date=17 October 2014 |archive-date=23 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023062131/http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2012/09/26/governor-among-3-ex-nuristan-officials-jailed |url-status=dead }}