Alhaj Mohammad Alam Izedyar
was selected to represent
Panjshir Province
Panjshir ( Dari: , literally "Five Lions," also spelled as Panjsher) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country containing the Panjshir Valley. The province is divided into seven distri ...
in
Afghanistan
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's
Meshrano Jirga
The House of Elders or Mesherano Jirga ( ps, د افغانستان مشرانو جرګه), was the upper house of the bicameral National Assembly of Afghanistan, alongside the lower House of the People (Wolesi Jirga). It was effectively diss ...
, the upper house of its National Legislature, in 2005.
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He has a
B.A.
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in
Political Science
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.
He is the Secretary of the Legislature's International Relations Committee.
He is a supporter of Abdullah Abdullah.
His son Salem was killed on June 2, 2017 when police reportedly shot at protesters near the
presidential palace in
Kabul
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.
His son Saalem tore down president Karzai's poster from the Loya Jirga hall and is being accused of damaging public property.
References
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Politicians of Panjshir Province
Living people
Members of the House of Elders (Afghanistan)
1963 births