First Lady of Afghanistan

The First Lady of Afghanistan is the title attributed to the wife of the President of Afghanistan. Rula Ghani, wife of President Ashraf Ghani, is the current First Lady of Afghanistan since 2014.

List of First Ladies of Afghanistan

#	Image	First Lady	Birth	Marriage	President	Tenure began	Tenure ended	Age at tenure start	Death
1		Zamina Begum	1917		Mohammed Daoud Khan	17 July 1973	28 April 1978		1978
2		Fatana Najibullah			Mohammad Najibullah	30 September 1987	16 April 1992		-
3		Zeenat Karzai	1970	1999	Hamid Karzai	2001	2014	31	-
4		Rula Ghani	1948	1970s	Ashraf Ghani	2014	Present	64	-

See also

• Queens of Afghanistan
• President of Afghanistan
• List of Presidents of Afghanistan
• List of monarchs of Afghanistan

External links

• "Afghanistan's next first lady, a Christian Lebanese-American?", Al Arabiya
• "Afghanistan first lady Rula Ghani moves into the limelight", BBC News
• "Will Afghan Leader Ashraf Ghani Bow to Pressure to Hide His Wife?", NBC News
• "Afghanistan's new first lady to focus on women and children", Deutsche Welle
• "The Real First Ladies of Afghanistan", Foreign Policy