List of governors of Samangan explained

This is a list of the governors of the province of Samangan, Afghanistan.

Governor		Period	Note
	Abdossamad Bakhshi[1]	1973
	Yusufi	?	Transferred and replaced by Toofan
	Allah Dad Toofan[2]	? 1979	Killed in fighting
	Mawlawi Abdol Manan[3]	(Taliban period)	Assassinated in 2005
	Mulla Mulla Muhammad Shafiq[4]	(Taliban period)
	Amir Latif	April 2006 June 2006
	Abdul Haq Shafaq	June 2006 17 November 2007
	Enayatullah Enayat	17 November 2007 April 2010
	Khairullah Anush[5] [6]	13 April 2010 5 June 2015	Member or affiliate of the Junbish-i-Milli party.
	Abdul Karim Khedam[7]	22 April 2017 16 February 2018	Member or affiliate of the Jamiat-e Islami party. Replaced by president Ashraf Ghani.[8]
	Abdul Latif Ibrahimi[9]	13 April 2018 Unknown
	Mohammad Dawood Kalakani	7 July 2020[10] ?
	Abdul Rahman Kunduzi[11]	2021 Present

See also

• List of current governors of Afghanistan

Notes and References

1. Book: United States. Joint Publications Research Service. Translations on Near East and North Africa. 1973. Joint Publications Research Service.
2. Book: Institute for the Study of Conflict. National Strategy Information Center. Annual of power and conflict. 1979. Institute for the Study of Conflict..
3. Book: IntelCenter. Tempest Publishing. IntelCenter Terrorism Incident Reference (TIR): Afghanistan, 2000-2007. 2008. Tempest Publishing. 978-0-9665437-8-0. 188.
4. Book: Library Information and Research Service. The Middle East: Abstracts and index. 2004. Library Information and Research Service..
5. Web site: Anosh, Khairullah Anush Anoosh - Afghan Biographies. www.afghan-bios.info. 2019-11-08.
6. Web site: Ibrahimi, Abdul Latif Ebrahimi - Afghan Biographies. www.afghan-bios.info. 2019-11-08.
7. Web site: Khadam, Abdul Karim - Afghan Biographies. www.afghan-bios.info. 2019-11-08.
8. News: Afghan provincial governor defies president's order to step down. Reuters. 2018-02-18. The Guardian. 2019-11-08. en-GB. 0261-3077.
9. News: New Samangan governor arrives; takes charge today. 2018-02-20. www.pajhwok.com. 2019-11-08. Barat. Mohammad.
10. News: Ghani appoints new governors for five provinces of Afghanistan. The Khaama Press News Agency. 2020-07-12. 2020-07-07.
11. Web site: د سمنګان والي د ایبک اباد د مرکزي ساحې له مخورو سره وکتل – الاماره پښتو.