Al Haj Eng Economist Mohammad Hashem Taufiqui (الحاج محمد هاشم توفیقی) (born June 6, 1942 and passed away on June 6, 2021

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) was one of the candidates in the presidential election of 2009 in

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Electionsmeter Mohammad Hashem Taufiqui was an economist who fulfilled different posts in the previous states of Afghanistan. He was an admirer of

Mohammed Daoud Khan Mohammed Daoud Khan ( ps, ), also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood Khan (18 July 1909 – 28 April 1978), was an Afghan politician and general who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan coup ...

, the first president of the republic of Afghanistan. His goal was to use Khan's industrial models to develop the industry in Afghanistan. Taufiqui has also had an important role in the drawing of these models during the presidency of Mohammed Daud Khan. Under Mohammad Hashim Taufiqui's leadership, agricultural production increased from 20 thousand tons to 160 thousand tons.

Biography

Mohammad Hashem Taufiqui was the son of Mohammad Akbar Khan, son of Mohammad Ali Khan, son of Sardar Sultan Mohammad Khane Telayee and the son of Sardar Payenda Khan. After graduating from Lese Habibya he joined the Faculty of Science in Kabul for one year. He then continued to his studies abroad in Germany and the United Kingdom for 11 years. There he learned

Mechanical Engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

, industrial chemistry, management and

political economy Political economy is the study of how Macroeconomics, economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and Economy, national economies) and Politics, political systems (e.g. law, Institution, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied ph ...

. Taufiq was a candidate in the 2009 Afghan Presidential elections. Preliminary results place him 19th in a field of 38.

Administrative and ministerial works

* General Head of Nasaji Dawlati, Nasaji Bagrami, Nasaji Balkh * General Head of Sanaye (Industry) * Assistant of Ministry of Mine and Industry

Achievements

* Activating the great loom factory of Gulbahaar * Launching the loom of Bagrami * Launching the Carpentery of Kunarhaa * Reactivating the woolweaving of Polecharkhi * Reactivating the Chinisaazi Shaaker * Reactivating they bicycle production company * Reactivating the glass production company * Launching the loom and cement of

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* Launching the loom and woolweaving of Kandahaar

Activities during Taliban

* Launching and reactivating of different looms in Kandahaar,

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and Pole khomri.

Writings

* Economic development of Afghanistan (Dari: enkeshafe eqtesaadi Afghanistan) * A brief look at the industrial development of Afghanistan (Dari: yak negahe mokhtasar ba enkeshafe sanati Afghanistan)

Goals

* Providing individual and national liberty and freedom for all the people of Afghanistan * Providing 24/7 electricity * Providing drinkwater for all the people of Afghanistan * Providing water for agricultural regions * Providing work and residence for all Afghans * Focusing on using the plans of

References

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