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Sima Samar was born on February 3, 1957. The subject is associated with the country of Spain and is categorized as a group.
Samar has authored one work titled *Outspoken*. This individual has been referenced by 100 other encyclopedia articles.
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Key facts
- President
- Hamid Karzai
- Preceded by
- None
- Succeeded by
- Habiba Sarabi
- Born
- ( 1957-02-03 ) 3 February 1957 (age 69) , Jaghori , Ghazni , Kingdom of Afghanistan
- Awards
- Ramon Magsaysay Award Right Livelihood Award
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Afghanistan
- Place of birth
- Ghazni
- Occupation
- human rights defender
- Position held
- vice president
- Educated at
- Kabul University
- Political party
- Truth and Justice Party
- Religion
- Islam
- Image
- Sima Samar - 2016 (cropped).jpg
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Sima Samar
- date of birth
- 1957-02-03
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Human rights
- birth name
- سیما سمر
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Encyclopedic overview
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Ambassador Ryan Crocker with Sima Samar inside the American Embassy in Kabul. Hillary Clinton with Sima Samar and other female politicians of Afghanistan in Kabul, October 2011
Sima Samar (Dari: سیما سمر; born 3 February 1957) is a human rights advocate, activist and medical doctor within national and international forums, who served as Vice President of Afghanistan in the interim government of Hamid Karzai Minister for Women's Affairs from December 2001 to 2003.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sima Samar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.