Fazal Hadi Shinwari was born in 1927 in Shinwar, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, an ethnic Pashtun who completed Islamic studies in Kabul and taught at Ibn-i-Sina High School there from 1954. He migrated to Pakistan in 1974 and was a member of the Ittehad-al-Islami political party. Appointed by President Hamid Karzai, he served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan from 8 January 2002 to 5 August 2006, and in that role administered the oath of office to President Karzai on 8 December 2004. He died on 21 February 2011 in India, aged 83 or 84, from a stroke.
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He was appointed to the post by Afghan President Hamid Karzai on 8 January 2002 in accordance with the Afghan Constitution approved after the 2001 overthrow of the Taliban government.
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Fazal Hadi Shinwari (1927 - February 21, 2011) was an Afghan cleric who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan from 2002 until 2006.
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In 2006, President Karzai re-nominated Shinwari to the position of Chief Justice, despite constitutional concerns regarding his degree only in Islamic law.
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was an Afghan cleric who served as the Chief Justice
Member Of: Supreme Court of Afghanistan, Lead: Supreme Court of Afghanistan
Fazal Hadi Shinwari (1927, February 21, 2011) was an Afghan cleric who served as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Afghanistan from 2002 until 2006.
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Wikidata Q5431036, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1927
Wikidata Q5431036, P570 date of death claim (year)
P570 (date of death): 2011
Wikidata Q5431036, P570 date of death claim (full date)
P570 (date of death): 2011-02-21
Wikidata Q5431036, P19 place of birth claim
P19 (place of birth): Shinwar
Wikidata Q5431036, P20 place of death claim
P20 (place of death): India
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