Personal background: Alhaj Mirdad Khan Nejrabi, son of Alhaj Abdul Nabi, was born in 1964 in Nejrab district, Kapisa province. He is married and has two sons and three daughters. He has traveled to countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, India, Iran and Pakistan. His interests include sports and reading political books. His first language is Dari and he also speaks Pashto, Arabic and English.

Education: Nejrabi finished his secondary education at the Ghulam Haidar Khan High School in Kabul province in 1989. He then attained a bachelor’s degree in Law and Politics science from Kabul University in 2008. Currently, he is working toward his master’s degree in Politics at the private Islamic Azad University in Kabul.

Civil society/NGO connections: Nejrabi has been a member of Afghanistan Lawyers Foundation since 2008.

Previous occupation: Nejrabi formerly worked at the Ministry of Interior Affairs. He served in the Afghan National Police and was the deputy to the Security Commander of Kabul for several years.