Karim Khalili facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Karim Khalili کریم خلیلی
Khalili in 2018
Chairman of the Afghan High Peace Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 June 2017
President	Ashraf Ghani
Preceded by	Ahmed Gailani
Second Vice President of Afghanistan
In office 7 December 2004 – 29 September 2014
President	Hamid Karzai
Preceded by	Ahmed Shakar Karkar
Succeeded by	Sarwar Danish
Personal details
Born	1950 (age 73–74) Maidan Wardak Province, Afghanistan
Political party	Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan

Karim Khalili (Persian: کریم خلیلی) is an Afghan politician serving as leader of the Hezb-e Wahdat Islami Afghanistan party. Most recently he was Chief of the Afghan High Peace Council from 2017 until its dissolvement in 2019. He was selected as a candidate for Second Vice President of Afghanistan in 2002 by Hamid Karzai; they were elected in 2004 and left office in 2014. Since 1989, he has also been one of the main leaders of the Wahdat political party of Hazara.

Biography

Khalili was born in the Wardak Province of Afghanistan in 1950 as either Muhammad Karim Khalili or Abdul Karim Khalili and is of Hazara descent. He attended religious schools during his childhood and moved to Kabul in 1970 to continue his education. He participated in the Afghanistan resistance during Soviet invasion. He also served as Minister of Finance of Afghanistan during the Mujahideen government in the early 1990s.

Personal life

He has two sons, the older of which is Mohammad Taqi Khalili, Afghanistan's Ambassador to Azerbaijan.

See also

In Spanish: Karim Khalili para niños