Hamid Karzai
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Hamid Karzai is an Afghan politician who served as the country’s first post-Taliban president, leading Afghanistan through the early years of the U.S.-led intervention and subsequent reconstruction efforts.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hamid Karzai (interim president) | 1 |
| Karzai | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
head of state
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ president ⓘ |
| advocatedFor | Loya Jirga-based constitutional process in Afghanistan ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Afghan Interim Authority (Bonn Agreement framework) ⓘ |
| cameToPowerFollowing |
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
ⓘ
surface form:
United States-led invasion of Afghanistan (2001)
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| countryOfCitizenship | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1957-12-24 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Himachal Pradesh University
ⓘ
Simla (St. Xavier’s School / related institutions) ⓘ |
| electedIn | 2004 Afghan presidential election ⓘ |
| endTime | 2014-09-29 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Pashtuns
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashtun
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| familyName |
Hamid Karzai
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Karzai
|
| fieldOfWork | politics ⓘ |
| givenName |
Hamed
ⓘ
surface form:
Hamid
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| governedDuring |
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan (2001–2014)
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| hasHonorificPrefix | His Excellency ⓘ |
| headOfGovernmentOf | Afghanistan ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Dari
ⓘ
English ⓘ Pashto language ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
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| memberOf |
Pashtuns
ⓘ
surface form:
Popalzai tribe
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| name | Hamid Karzai self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage |
Pashto language
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
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| notableFor |
close cooperation with the United States in the early years of the intervention
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later criticism of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan ⓘ leading Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 ⓘ overseeing early reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 3 ⓘ |
| office | President of Afghanistan ⓘ |
| oversaw | adoption of the 2004 Constitution of Afghanistan ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Bonn Conference on Afghanistan (2001) ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Kandahar ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
increasingly critical of NATO presence (later presidency)
ⓘ
pro-Western (early presidency) ⓘ |
| positionHeld | President of Afghanistan ⓘ |
| predecessor | Burhanuddin Rabbani ⓘ |
| reElectedIn | 2009 Afghan presidential election ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Sunni Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Kabul ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Zeenat Karzai ⓘ |
| startTime | 2001-12-22 ⓘ |
| successor | Ashraf Ghani ⓘ |
| wasInterimLeaderOf | Afghanistan ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Karzai
this entity surface form:
Hamid Karzai (interim president)