[1] Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi was born in the Imam Sahib district of northern Kunduz Province in 1962, and is a member of the Ibrahims Clan.

He finished his primary education at Basus Middle School in Imam Shabib District and later studied at a madrassa until 12th grade in Takharistan, Kunduz.

[2] After completing high school education in 1979, he was admitted to the Languages & Literature Faculty of Kabul University.

He joined the Hezb-e Islam mujahedeen group when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.

After the collapse of the Taliban regime, he worked as commander of border police in 2002 before being elected as Emergency Loya Jirga member the same year.