Afghan Biographies
Rahmani, Rahman Al-Haj Mir
Name | Rahmani, Rahman Al-Haj Mir |
Ethnic backgr. | Tajik |
Date of birth | 1962 |
Function/Grade | Ex Wolesi Jirga Member 2018 MP MNA Parwan Parvan |
History and Biodata |
Alhaj Mir Rahman Rahmani
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3. Biodata:
Alhaj Mir Rahman Rahmani, son of Alhaj Qalandar Khan and brother of General Baba Jan, was born in 1962 in Bagram district, Parwan province. Rahmani graduated from Bagram High School in 1979. After school, he traveled to Russia to study at the Military University of Russia, from which he graduated in 1982.
After graduating from high school, Rahmani joined the military and was a commander in Bagram. In the later years of his military career he served as a General at a military base in Afghanistan.
Rahmani has financially supported various cultural, sporting and industrial associations. In 2006, he established the Ajmal Rahmani Charitable Foundation. He establish a weekly newspaper, Agah, in 2006 in Parwan province. Since 2008, Rahmani has served as the head of the People’s Social Council of Bagram district, a civil society organization registered with the Ministry of Justice.
Mir Rahman Rahmani is close to Jamiat-i-Islami.
Commission (2012): National Economy, NGOs, Rural Development, Agriculture and Animal Husbandry
Omar Nasir Mujaddedi, Kamal Naser Osuli, Mirwais Yasini and Mir Rahman Rahmani have nominated themselves for the post of Wolesi Jirga 2018 Speaker. From the four candidates, Rahmani got 75 votes, Osuli 69 votes, Yasini 59 and Mujaddedi got seven votes. The two last candidates were removed from the list and in the next round, Osuli and Rahmani will compete for the position.(20190516) December 11, 2023 , the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned two former Afghan government officials — Mir Rahman Rahmani (M. Rahmani) and his son, Ajmal Rahmani (A. Rahmani), collectively known as “the Rahmanis” — for their extensive roles in transnational corruption, as well as 44 associated entities. These individuals and entities are designated pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13818, which builds upon and implements the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and targets perpetrators of serious human rights abuse and corruption around the world. Through their Afghan companies, the Rahmanis perpetrated a complex procurement corruption scheme resulting in the misappropriation of millions of dollars from U.S. Government-funded contracts that supported Afghan security forces.
"In nearly every step of their corruption scheme, the Rahmanis created opportunities to enrich themselves at the expense of others," the federal department said in a statement. According to U.S. officials, the Rahmanis artificially inflated the price of fuel contracts they won to deliver fuel to Afghan security forces, fraudulently imported and sold tax-free fuel and under delivered fuel owed by their contracts as well as used their positions in the Afghan parliament to perpetuate their corruption. The Treasury also accuses the pair of having bribed their way into parliament. Of the 41 companies hit with punitive measures for being owned or having acted on behalf of the Rahmanis, 21 were German, eight were Cypriot, six were Emirati, two were Afghan and Austrian and one was dutch and another was Bulgarian. Another two German companies and a Dutch company were sanctioned for their involvement in the scheme.
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Last Modified | 2023-12-12 |
Established | 2010-10-21 |