12 Facts About Rahmatullah Rahmat

Rahmatullah Rahmat served as the governor of Paktia province from 2006 to 2007.

Rahmatullah Rahmat was appointed to the position after the assassination of Hakim Taniwal.

Rahmatullah Rahmat was born in Rodat distract Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan to Mohammad Ibrahim.

Rahmatullah Rahmat completed his secondary education in Ihdad High school located in Rodat distract, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan.

Rahmatullah Rahmat was born in 1950 in Rodat District in Nangarhar Province.

Rahmatullah Rahmat is an ethnic Pashtun from the Mohmand tribe whose father was a mullah in Nangahar.

Rahmatullah Rahmat attended primary and secondary school in Rodat and later received degrees from the Kabul teacher training academy and from Tashkent University in Uzbekistan.

Rahmatullah Rahmat is married and has 13 children 6 Sons and 7 daughters.

Rahmatullah Rahmat served as a teacher and school administrator both in Nangarhar and Kabul from 1969 until the mid 1980s.

Rahmatullah Rahmat resigned as Deputy Governor in 1992 due to his opposition to government policies.

Rahmatullah Rahmat served as local supervisor for IRC programs in Nangarhar, and as a field assistant for IOM in Farah Province before holding positions with UNAMA, including senior political assistant, from 2002 until his appointment as Governor of Paktia in November 2006.

Rahmatullah Rahmat speaks Dari, Pashto, and some English and Russian.