Abdul Jabbar Naeemi

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Abdul Jabbar Naeemi
Governor of Laghman Province
In office
8 June 2015 – Unknown
Preceded byFazlullah Mujadedi
Governor of Wardak, Afghanistan
In office
March 2005 – 12 May 2008
Succeeded byMohammad Halim Fidai
Governor of Khost Province
In office
8 April 2010 – 6 June 2015
Preceded byHamidullah Qalandarzai
Succeeded byHukam Khan Habibi
Personal details
Born1967 (age 56–57)
Afghanistan
Professionpolitician

Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (Dari and Pashto: عبدالجبار نعيمي) is an Afghan diplomat and politician. He served as the governor of Laghman Province in Afghanistan, and before that was governor Khost province and Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan. At one time he served as a representative from Kandahar Province to the Loya Jirga (Grand Assembly). In 2004 he was Hamid Karzai's election agent in Pakistan, where he campaigned for Karzai and worked on educating local Afghans about the democratic process.

After the presidential elections, Naeemi became the Governor of Wardak Province, which is located 30 kilometers west of Kabul. Since taking up this position he has received credit for re-establishing order in the province, a former Taliban stronghold, and for drastically reducing the cultivation of opium.

He is a follower of the Pashtun spiritual leader Pir Sayed Ahmed Gailani, and a member of Gailani's National Islamic Front party.

In early 2010 Abdul was appointed governor of Khost Province.[1]

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Preceded by
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Governor of Wardak Province
2005–2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by
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Governor of Khost Province
2010–present
Succeeded by