Ashraf Ghani

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (Pashto: اشرف غني, Persian: اشرف غنی, born February 12, 1949) was the President of Afghanistan. He was elected as the President of Afghanistan on 21 September 2014. He resigned on 15 August 2021 after going into exile when the Taliban captured Kabul and the Afghan government collapsed.

Ashraf Ghani اشرف غنی
President of Afghanistan
In office 29 September 2014 – 15 August 2021 In exile since 15 August 2021
Vice President	Abdul Rashid Dostum
Preceded by	Hamid Karzai
Succeeded by	Hibatullah Akhundzada (Emir) Amrullah Saleh (acting)
Chancellor of Kabul University
In office 22 December 2004 – 21 December 2008
Preceded by	Habibullah Habib
Succeeded by	Hamidullah Amin
Minister of Finance
In office 2 June 2002 – 14 December 2004
Preceded by	Hedayat Amin Arsala
Succeeded by	Anwar ul-Haq Ahady
Personal details
Born	Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (1949-02-12) February 12, 1949 (age 76) Logar, Afghanistan
Nationality	Afghanistan
Political party	Independent
Spouse(s)	Rula Ghani
Children	2
Alma mater	American University of Beirut Columbia University

Life

Ghani was born on February 12, 1949.^[1][2] On May 2, 2008, he made his first book, called Fixing Failed States: A Framework for Rebuilding a Fractured World.^[3] In 2011, he made another book, titled Afghanistan: A Lexicon Ashraf Ghani^[4]

Exile

On 15 August 2021, Afghan officials said that Ghani had left the presidential palace that morning, and went to the US embassy^[5] and from there he left Afghanistan as the Taliban entered Kabul.^[6][7][8]

He is living in UAE (as of 2021's fourth quarter).^[9]