Muhammad Sarwar Danish ( prs, ; born 1961) is an Afghan politician who was the
second vice president of Afghanistan, from 2014 to 2021. He was previously the
acting
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minister of justice
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from 2004 to 2010 and acting
minister of higher education
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from 2010 to 2014. When
Daykundi province
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was carved out of
Urozgan province
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in 2004, Danish became its first
governor
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.
Early years and education
Danish, the son of Muhammad Ali, was born in 1961 in the
Ishtarlay District of
Daykundi
Daykundi ( prs, دایکندی) also spelled as Daikundi, Daykondi, Daikondi or Dai Kundi, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central part of the country. It has a population of about 516,504, and is a Hazara Pro ...
province in central Afghanistan. He belongs to the
Hazara ethnic group. He completed his higher education in Iraq, Syria and Iran, where he earned degrees in law, journalism and Islamic studies. He received a master's degree in
Fiqh
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. From 1982 until 2001, he wrote various publications, including 15 books and 700 academic essays. He became fluent in
Dari
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,
Pashto
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and
Arabic language
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.
Karzai administration
After the
Taliban regime
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was ousted and the
Karzai administration
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was formed, Danish was involved in the
2002 loya jirga. He was a member of the Constitutional Drafting Commission through a decree by
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Hamid Karzai
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and as a participant in the
Constitutional Loya Jirga Afghan leaders who met at the December 2001 Bonn Conference which picked Hamid Karzai to lead the Afghan Transitional Authority
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See also
*
Cabinet of Afghanistan
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Afghan Ministry of Justice
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People of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Vice presidents of Afghanistan
1961 births
Living people
Higher education ministers of Afghanistan
Justice ministers of Afghanistan
Hazara politicians
People from Daykundi Province