Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan politician, educator and economist who served as the fifth President of Afghanistan and the second and last President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from September 2014 until August 2021, when his administration was ousted.
Fast facts
| Famous name: | Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai |
|---|---|
| Real name/Full name: | Ashraf Ghani |
| Sex: | Male |
| Age: | 73 years old |
| Date of birth: | May 19, 1949 |
| Birth place: | Logar, Afghanistan |
| Nationality: | Afghanistan |
| Height: | 5 feet 7 inches |
| Weight: | 72 kg |
| Marriage status: | Married |
| Wife/spouse (name): | Bibi Gul |
| Date/Girlfriend (Name): | ON |
| Profession: | A world leader |
| Net worth in 2023: | 1.5 million dollars |
Ashraf Ghani Age and Early Life
Ashraf Ghani was born on May 19, 1949 in Logar province, Afghanistan, to Shah Pesand, a civil servant, and Kawbaba Lodin, a native of Kandahar. He is from the Ahmadzai Pashtun tribe.
He was an exchange student at Lake Oswego High School (LOHS) in Lake Oswego, Oregon during the 1966-1967 school year under the names Ashraf Ahmad and Ashraf Ahmad Zai. The US Field Service sponsored his foreign exchange stay. He was a member of the student council.
In addition to the exchange year, he also completed his high school education in Kabul. He originally planned to study law, but then switched to cultural anthropology. Ghani graduated in 1973 from the American University of Beirut, and then received a government scholarship to attend Columbia University, where Ghani received his master’s degree in 1977.
Ashraf Ghani Height and Weight
Ashraf Ghani is 170 cm in centimeters, 1.70 m in meters and 5′ 7″ in feet. The weight is 72 kg in kilograms and 158.7 lbs in pounds. We put the current number because the weight often varies. The eye color is dark brown. Likewise, the hair color is Bald.
Ashraf Ghani Net Worth
How much is Ashraf Ghani’s net worth? Ashraf net worth is Rs. 12 million from November 2023 which is about $1.5 million.
Career
Ghani co-founded the Institute for Government Effectiveness with Clare Lockhart after dropping out of Kabul University, and he served as its president. The institution proposed a structure in which the state would perform 10 duties to help its residents. This paradigm was addressed by post-conflict transition leaders and managers at a conference sponsored by the UN and the World Bank in September 2005. The concept recommended the use of dual contracts between the international community, a country’s government and its people to organize aid and other initiatives and to develop annual sovereignty index to measure state performance.
In an article on the front page of the Financial Times in late 2006[30], was mentioned as a contender to replace Kofi Annan as United Nations Secretary-General, adding: “I aim to win, through ideas.” Carlos Pascual of the Brookings Institution was also reported, praising Ghani’s “enormous intelligence, skill and potential.”
Ashraf Ghani’s Wife and Marriage
Who is Ashraf Ghani’s wife? Ashraf Rula Saade. The couple married after meeting at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon in the 1970s. They finally settled in America and got American citizenship. On the other hand, Ghani renounced his American citizenship in 2009 in order to contest elections in Afghanistan.
Ashraf and Rula Ghani have two children: Mariam, a visual artist from Brooklyn, and Tarek, national security and international policy advisor to 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education