Personal background: Alhaj Nazari Turkmani, son of Ana Murad, was born in 1973 in the Qala Zal district of Kunduz province. He is married and has five daughters and one son. He has traveled to Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, France and Russia. His interests include reading and swimming. His first language is Turkmen and he also speaks Turkish, Arabic, Urdu, Dari, Pashto and English.

Education: Turkmani completed his secondary education at the Mawlawi Sarajuddin High School in Kunduz province in 2005. He received a diploma in Islamic Studies and Journalism from Hayat Abad University of Pakistan in 1990. Currently, he is a student of Law and Political Science at a private university in Kunduz.

Previous occupation: Turkmani worked in an orphanage in Kabul for one year. He was the Secretary to the Speaker of the Wolesi Jirga from 2005 through 2010.

2005 Parliament: Turkmani ran unsuccessfully for parliament in 2005, gaining 4,564 votes.

Other information: Turkmani is affiliated with the Hezb-e-Junbish Milli Islami Afghanistan. He was the deputy for Parliamentary Election Affairs at the Third Congress of the party.