Habiba Sarābi
Habiba Sarābi حبیبه سرابی | |
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Sarābi in April 2011 | |
| Governor of Bamyan Province | |
| In office 23 March 2005 – 14 October 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Rahim Aliyar |
| Succeeded by | Ghulam Ali Wahdat |
| 2nd Minister of Women's Affairs | |
| In office July 2002 – December 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Sima Samar |
| Succeeded by | Massouda Jalal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Habiba 1956 (age 68–69) Sarab, Ghazni Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Political party | Truth and Justice |
| Children | 3 |
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Dr. Habiba Sarābi (Dari: حبیبه سرابی) (born 1956) is a hematologist, politician, and reformer of the reconstruction of Afghanistan after the Taliban first took power. In 2005, she was appointed Governor of Bamyan Province - the first Afghan woman to become a provincial governor. She had served as Afghanistan's Minister of Women's Affairs and as Minister of Culture and Education. Sarabi was instrumental in promoting women's rights and representation and environmental issues. She belongs to the ethnic Hazara people of Afghanistan. Her last name is sometimes spelled Sarobi.