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{{short description|Afghan politician and businessman}}
[[File:AF-ZarifArif.jpg|thumb|Arif Zarif 2007]]
'''Hajji Muhammad Arif Zarif''' (1942 in [[Shewaki]], [[Kabul Province|Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]]; † November 6, 2007) was a prominent Afghan politician and businessman. He graduated from Afghanistan's military academy. He was the chairman of the Afghanistan Chamber Reform Commission and a member of the Afghan National Parliament, as well as Chairman of the Parliamentary Economics Committee and owner of several private companies. He was a wealthy businessman that owned many properties and enterprises. Arif Zarif was part of a delegation of politicians and lawmakers, several of whom were killed in the [[2007 Baghlan sugar factory bombing]], a [[suicide attack]] in [[Baghlan]], northern Afghanistan, on November 6, 2007. He was buried in a state ceremony in [[Kabul]] three days later.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://8km.de/2007/241 |title=Afghanistan CRC Chairman Laid to Rest |author=8km.de |date=November 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630215730/http://8km.de/2007/241 |archivedate=June 30, 2014 }}</ref>

Arif Zarif was also a nephew of former Afghan parliamentarian [[Haji Abdul Rasul]].

Hajji Muhammad was born in the village of Shewaki which is located in the [[Bagrami District|Bagrami]] district in the Kabul province.

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[[Category:Asian politicians assassinated in the 2000s]]
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