Nur ul-Haq Ulumi
Nur ul-Haq Ulumi | |
|---|---|
| Interior Minister Afghanistan | |
| In office 27 January 2015 – 24 February 2016 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai |
| Preceded by | Sattar General Ayub Salangi (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Taj Muhammad Jahid |
| Member of the Wolesi Jirga for Kandahar | |
| In office 2005–2010 | |
| Governor of Kandahar Province | |
| In office 1989–1992 | |
| President | Mohammad Najibullah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1941 Kandahar, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Citizenship | Netherlands |
| Political party | NUPA (from 2003) |
| Other political affiliations | PDPA (until 1992) |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater | University of Kabul |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Afghan Republic |
| Branch/service | Afghan Army |
| Years of service | 1963–1992 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands | 1st Central Army Corps (Kabul) 2nd Army Corps (Kandahar) |
| Battles/wars | Soviet–Afghan War Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) |
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Nur ul-Haq Ulumi (born 15 August 1941) is an Afghan politician, who served as Minister of Interior from 2015 to 2016, and as a Member of the House of the People from 2005 to 2010 representing Kandahar. He founded and previously led the National United Party of Afghanistan, a small left-wing and secular party in Afghanistan that is a member of the National Coalition of Afghanistan. Ulumi previously served in the Afghan Army as a member of the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan during the Afghan Civil War (1989–1992), and left service with the rank of lieutenant general. He was a candidate in the 2019 Afghan presidential election.