Karim Khalili
Karim Khalili کریم خلیلی | |
|---|---|
Khalili in 2018 | |
| Chairman of the Afghan High Peace Council | |
| Assumed office 6 June 2017 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Gailani |
| Second Vice President of Afghanistan | |
| In office 7 December 2004 – 29 September 2014 | |
| President | Hamid Karzai |
| Preceded by | Ahmed Shakar Karkar |
| Succeeded by | Sarwar Danish |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 (age 74–75) Maidan Wardak Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Politician, leader, former Mujahideen leader |
Karim Khalili (Persian: کریم خلیلی; born 1950) is an Afghan politician serving as leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan party. Most recently he was Chief of the Afghan High Peace Council from 2017 until its dissolvement in 2019. He was selected as a candidate for Second Vice President of Afghanistan in 2002 by Hamid Karzai; they were elected in 2004 and left office in 2014. Since 1989, he has also been one of the main leaders of the Wahdat political party of Hazara.