List of candidates in the Afghan presidential election, 2009
List of presidential candidates
The candidates participating in the Afghan presidential election on August 20, 2009 were:

List of candidates in the Afghan presidential election, 2009

Section Title: List of presidential candidates
Table Section Text: The candidates participating in the Afghan presidential election on August 20, 2009 were:

Name	Preliminary voting results	notes

Abdul Hasib Arian	2027	A senior police official. One of three candidates, beside incumbent Hamid Karzai, who ran for President in 2004.

Abdul Jabar Sabit	2560	Served as Afghan Attorney General in 2006. Reported to be a former aide to renegade Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

Abdul Latif Pedram	7311	One of three candidates, beside incumbent Hamid Karzai, who ran for President in 2004. Leader of the National Congress Party of Afghanistan.

Abdul Majid Samim	998	Withdrew from the election, and asked his supporters to vote for Hamid Karzai.

Alhaj Abdul Ghafor Zori	4955	Served as chief of finance for Nimroz Province from 1976-1978 and 2001-2003.

Alhaj Shah Mahmood Popal	Withdrew his candidacy prior to the election.

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai	48375	Served as Afghan Finance Minister from 2002 to 2004.

Bashir Ahmad Bizhan	1272	Bizhan is a journalist. Bizhan founded the Kangara Afghanistan National Party.

Baz Mohammad Kofi	Threw his support to Hamid Karzai.

Bismillah Shir	2179

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah	638924	Former Afghan Foreign Minister

Dr. Frozan Fana	8159	One of two female candidates in the 2009 election.

Dr. Ghulam Faroq Nijrabi	2240	One of three candidates, beside incumbent Hamid Karzai, who ran for President in 2004. An ethnic Tajik, head of Afghanistan’s Independent Party.

Dr. Habib Mangal	7339	Ambassador to the Soviet Union during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Medical doctor.

Dr. Mohammed Nasir Anis	Withdrew his candidacy prior to the election. || ||

Engineer Moin-ul-din Ulfati	1645

Gul Ahmmad Yama	1434	Prior to his candidacy Yama had been a scholar in literature.

Haji Hasan Ali Sultani	Withdrew his candidacy prior to the election.

Hajji Rahim Jan Shinzad	3118

Hamed Karzai	940558	President of the Afghan Interim Administration and the Afghan Transitional Administration, and then elected the first post-Taliban President in 2004.

Hidayat Amin Arsala	1067	Afghan Foreign Minister in the coalition government that preceded the Taliban. Also served as Afghan Commerce Minister.

Mahbob-U-lah Koshani	5755	An economist, with a Master's from Moscow University. A co-founder of the Afghanistan Liberal Party.

Mawlana Abdul Qadir İmami Ghori	Withdrew his candidacy in early August, 2009. He urged his supporters to vote for Sayed Jalal Karim.

Mawlawi Mohammad Sayed Hashimi	Threw his support to Hamid Karzai in lat July.

Mirwais Yasini	23059	Currently speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of Afghan's national legislature.

Mohammad Akbar Oria	1353

Mohammad Hakim Torsan	Withdrew his candidacy prior to the election.

Mohammad Hashim Tawfiqi	2406	An economist who has served as Deputy Minister of the Afghan Ministry of Mine and Industry

Mohammad Sarwar Ahmadzai	4028

Mohammad Yasin Safi	Withdrew his candidacy prior to the election.

Motasim Billah Mazhabi	18248

Mullah Abdul Salam Rakity	8250	Famous for shooting down a Soviet helicopter with rocket propelled grenade during the Soviet occupation. Taliban field commander.

Mullah Ghulam Mohammad Rigi	2240

Nasrullah Baryalai Arsalai	Threw his support to Dr Abdullah in mid July.

Ramazan Bashardost	277404	Formerly Afghan Planning Minister. Law degree from Toulouse University.

Sangin Mohammad Rahmani	1138

Sayed Jalal Karim	5572

Shahla Ata	4356	One of two female candidates in the 2009 election.

Shahnawaz Tanai	13512	Formerly chief of Afghanistan's army under the Soviet-backed Republic of Afghanistan.

Zabih-U-llah Ghazi Noristani	1516

Zia-ul-haq Hafizi	724

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Mahbob-U-lah Koshani was the candidate of the Afghan presidential election, 2009.

final_sentence: Mahbob-U-lah Koshani was the candidate of the Afghan presidential election, 2009.