Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi ( prs, سید سعادت منصور نادری) (born 3 March 1977) is an entrepreneur and politician. He was Afghanistan's State Minister of Peace from 2020 to 2021 and Minister of Urban Development and Housing from 2015 - 2018.

Early life

Sadat Mansoor Naderi born in Kabul on 3 March 1977 to

Sayed Mansur Naderi Sayed Mansur Naderi is a leader (Sayed of Kayan) of a Hazara-Ismaili Shi'a community centred in Baghlan Province of Afghanistan. Like other Ismaili communities in Afghanistan and worldwide, the Baghlan Ismailis do submit to the spiritual leader o ...

, the religious spiritual leader of the Afghan

Ismaili Isma'ilism ( ar, الإسماعيلية, al-ʾIsmāʿīlīyah) is a branch or sub-sect of Shia Islam. The Isma'ili () get their name from their acceptance of Imam Isma'il ibn Jafar as the appointed spiritual successor (imām) to Ja'far al-Sa ...

community and loyal to Prince Karim

Agha Khan IV Shāh Karim al-Husayni (born 13 December 1936), known by the religious title Mawlānā Hazar Imam by his Ismaili followers and elsewhere as Aga Khan IV, is the 49th and current Imam of Nizari Ismailis, a denomination within Shia Islam. He h ...

. Naderi's family are Muslim Ismailis. Naderi's father, Sayed Mansur Naderi was Vice President of Afghanistan during President Rabani's era. Naderi's paternal grandfather, Sayed Nader Kayani, was a well known spiritual leader and famous author/poet. His works consist of a collection of 56 books currently held in Naderi's cultural centre in Kabul as well as some archived at the Congress Library in Washington DC.

Education

Naderi's primary years were spent in Afghanistan. In 1988, at the age of twelve, he relocated to England to continue his senior school education. During high school, Naderi was dedicated to sports and often competed in field events. He was a member of the under 18 British team for hammer. He was also a member of the Harrow volleyball county team. Naderi was also an active member in football, rugby and basketball. At university he was awarded a First Class BA Honours Degree in International Business and Economics in 1999.

Business

Two years after the fall of the

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

, Naderi returned to his home country Afghanistan in 2003. He invested in different sectors such as fuel distribution, retail distribution, insurance, construction, mining and leasing. Naderi established Sadaf Petroleum in 2005, whose core business activities involve supplying fuel to both the private and public sector. Company clients included the US Army, Afghan Army, Afghan National Police, telecom companies and embassies among others. Noticing a huge gap in the market, in 2007 Naderi established Insurance Corporation of Afghanistan (ICA), which was to be the first privately owned insurance company in Afghanistan working closely with A+ rated syndicate Lloyd's of London. In 2008, Naderi later set up the Finest Superstore in Kabul city.

Political background

Naderi's family has a political background. His father,

is the leader of the Afghan Ismaili sect who has served as a vice-president during Mujahideen governance and was a representative in Afghan Lower House for two rounds. His younger sister

Farkhunda Zahra Naderi Farkhunda Zahra Naderi ( prs, فرخنده زهرا نادری) is an Afghan politician and women's right activist. She is a member of the Afghanistan's High Council for National Reconciliation (HCNR) chaired by Abdullah Abdullah. Previously she ...

, as well as his cousin, Dawood Naderi have also served as Afghan Parliamentarians.

Sayed Jafar Naderi Sayed Jafar Naderi (born 1965) is an ethnic Hazara- Ismaili who controlled Baghlan Province of Afghanistan during the early 1990s.Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan politician, academic, and economist who served as the president of Afghanistan from September 2014 until August 2021, when his government was overthrown by the Taliban. Born in ...

. Sadat Naderi was introduced as the nominee for the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. On April 18, 2015, Naderi was elected as the Minister of Urban Development and Housing. He obtained 202 votes of confidence out of 239 from the Afghan parliamentary assembly. This result has been the highest vote achieved by any Minister nominee since the Afghan nation's 2004 constitution was adopted. On April 22, 2015, Naderi assumed office and resigned on June 13, 2018. Naderi was also a member of Afghan peace negotiators representing the Afghan Ismaili sect. Sadat Naderi was appointed as Afghanistan's State Minister for Peace on August 31, 2021 until August 15, 2021 when Afghan president fled the country and

took over Afghanistan.

Awards

# Naderi was officially awarded the Peace through Commerce award for 2012 by the

United States Department of Commerce The United States Department of Commerce is an executive department of the U.S. federal government concerned with creating the conditions for economic growth and opportunity. Among its tasks are gathering economic and demographic data for bu ...

in Dubai. # Naderi was awarded a medal for excellence for his performance as the Minister of Urban Development and Housing by the National Labors Committee on April 2, 2016. # ASJF honored Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi, member of the National Cricket Board of Directors and Afghanistan’s Minister of Urban Development and Housing for his continued contribution to sport and sports journalism in Afghanistan. # Afghan President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani praised Sadat for best performance awarding him the national medal of King Wazir Mohammad Akbar Khan on November 18, 2017.

References

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