Ahmad Zia Massoud

Ahmad Zia Massoud (Dari: احمد ضیاء مسعود, born May 1, 1956) is an Afghan politician who was the vice president of Afghanistan in the first elected administration of President Hamid Karzai, from December 2004 to November 2009. He is a younger brother of the late Ahmad Shah Massoud, the resistance leader against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and against the Taliban. In late 2011, Ahmad Zia Massoud joined hands with major leaders in the National Front of Afghanistan, which strongly opposed a return of the Taliban to power. The National Front was generally regarded as a reformation of the United Front (Northern Alliance) which with U.S. air support temporarily removed the Taliban from power in late 2001.

Ahmad Zia Massoud
احمد ضیاء مسعود
First Vice President of Afghanistan
In office
7 December 2004  19 November 2009
PresidentHamid Karzai
Preceded byoffice created
Succeeded byMohammed Fahim
Personal details
Born (1956-05-01) 1 May 1956
Ghazni, Afghanistan
Political partyJamiat-e Islami
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