Habiba Sarabi

**Habiba Sarābi**
	Hazara politician from Afghanistan
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Date of birth	1956, 15 February 1958; Mazar-i-Sharif
Country of citizenship	Afghanistan;
Educated at	Kabul University;
Occupation	politician; teacher; physician; pharmacist; women's rights activist;
Member of political party	Truth and Justice Party;
Award received	Ramon Magsaysay Award (2013);
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Habiba Sarabi (Persian:حبیبه سرابی) (born 1956, in Ghazni Province) is a Hazara hematologist, politician, and reformer of the post-Taliban reconstruction of Afghanistan. In 2005, she was appointed as governor of Bamyan Province by President Hamid Karzai, becoming the first woman to ever be a governor of any province in the country. She previously served in Karzai's government as Minister of Women's Affairs as well as Minister of Culture and Education.

Habiba Sarabi in April 2011
Habiba Sarabi as Afghan minister of Women's Affairs
Habiba Sarabi speaking in April 2011
Habiba Sarabi in August 2009