Hasan Ali Sultani

Who is Hasan Ali Sultani?

Haji Hasan Ali Sultani] is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in the 2009 Afghan Presidential elections.

According to a profile by Pajhwok Afghan News after spending 200,000 Afghans on his campaign he resigned from the Presidential race on August 13, 2009, a week before the election. He said he resigned because during the campaign he had come to realize that Hamid Karzai was the best candidate, and he urged voters to return him for a second term.

"My and my campaign team's goal is neither money nor power; we just want to work sincerely for the prosperity of the country and help Karzai win the vote."

They reported that he was a high school graduate, who had participated in a 1976 Loya Jirga.

His vice presidential running mates were Misri Khan Momand and Abdul Raqib.