Abdul Sattar Murad is a politician in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

. Murad was born on March 16, 1958, in Parwan province. He completed his bachelor's degree in political science in June 1976 at

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. In 1979, he joined the Military Academy in India and completed the Academy in 1980. In 1988, he joined the

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, USA, for a postgraduate program in public administration. In June 2000, he received his M.A. degree in public administration from the Faculty of Economics and Administration at the

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. Murad held various positions in the government of Afghanistan. Between 1991 and 1995, he was general director of First Political Division at the

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. He was assigned as minister counselor and chargé d'affaires at the Afghanistan Embassy in Malaysia from 1995 to 2002. Following the collapse of the

Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pasht ...

, he was appointed as Governor of Kapisa province from 2004 to 2006. He was selected as chairman of the political committee of

Jamiat-e-Islami Jamayat-E-Islami (also rendered as Jamiat-e-Islami and Jamiati Islami; fa, جمعیت اسلامی افغانستان, lit=Islamic Society), sometimes shortened to Jamiat, is a predominantly Tajik political party in Afghanistan. It was origi ...

of Afghanistan, the country's largest political party, by the leadership council of the party in 2007. From May 2015 until 2017, he was minister of economy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

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Living people Governors of Kapisa Province Ambassadors of Afghanistan to Malaysia Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni University of Kuala Lumpur alumni 1958 births {{Afghanistan-politician-stub