Dawood Ali Najafi ( prs, داودعلی نجفی) (February 17, 1968) is a
politician in
Afghanistan. He is serving as
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, a position he held since June 2010. Son of Salman Ali, Najafi lived in
Pakistan as an
Afghan refugee
Afghan refugees are citizens of Afghanistan who were compelled to abandon their country as a result of major wars, persecution, torture or genocide. The 1978 Saur Revolution followed by the 1979 Soviet invasion marked the first wave of inter ...
. He received a MBBS from
University of Balochistan and an MA in Islamic Studies from
University of Peshawar. He also has some working experience with an agency of the
United Nations in Pakistan. Najafi returned to Afghanistan in recent years to work for the government. He is fluent in
Dari-Persian,
Urdu,
Pashto and English. Najafi belongs to the
Hazara
Hazara may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* The Hazaras, a Persian-speaking people of Afghanistan and Pakistan
* Aimaq Hazara, Aimaq's subtribe of Hazara origin
* Hazarawals, a Hindko-speaking people of the Hazara region of northern Pakistan
* Hazar ...
ethnic group.
See also
*
List of Hazara people
*
Cabinet of Afghanistan
*
Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Afghanistan)
References
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Aviation ministers of Afghanistan
Transport ministers of Afghanistan
Hazara politicians
1968 births
Living people
Afghan expatriates in Pakistan
University of Balochistan alumni
University of Peshawar alumni