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Ashraf Ghani Fast Facts
Personal
Birth name: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai
Father: Shah Pesand
Religion: Muslim
Other Facts
Ghani is a former US citizen who gave up his passport to run for the Afghan presidency in 2009.
He was working at the World Bank in Washington during the September 11 attacks, and used the tragedy as a springboard for his re-engagement in Afghan politics, returning to his home country just months after the event.
Was diagnosed with cancer and had to have part of his stomach removed.
Hired Democratic pundit James Carville to manage his 2009 presidential campaign.
His wife is Lebanese-American.
1977 – Comes to the United States to study anthropology at Columbia University in New York. ....

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