Senate Chairman Fazel Hadi Muslimyar:
Son of Mohammad Omar Khan, he was born in 1969 in the Dawlatzai village of Chaparhar district in eastern Nangarhar province. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Islamic Studies and was elected from Nangarhar. He has been a senior officer at the Nangarhar Police
Headquarters during the jihad before serving as deputy head for 11 Military Divisions in the Interim Administration. He was twice elected as Nangarhar Provincial Council chief in 2005 and 2009, when he became a senator. After serving as deputy chairman of Meshrano Jirga, he was elected as chairman.