, native_name_lang = dari , honorific_suffix = , image = Мохаммад Шакир Каргар на встрече с Президентом Азербайджана Ильхамом Алиевым.jpg , image_size = , image_upright = , smallimage = , alt = , caption = , order = , office = Head the administration of the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan , status = , term_start = 31 March 2020 , term_end = 15 August 2021 , order2 = , office2 = The special representative of the

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for cooperation with

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and the

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, term_start2 = 2015 , term_end2 = 2019 , order3 = , office3 = Minister of Trade and Industry of Afghanistan , term_start3 = 2013 , term_end3 = 2015 , order4 = , office4 = Minister of Energy and Water of Afghanistan , term_start4 = 2004 , term_end4 = 2005 , order5 = , office5 = Vice president of Afghan Transitional Authority of Afghanistan , term_start5 = 2002 , term_end5 = 2004 , order6 = , office6 = Head The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Afghanistan , term_start6 = 2001 , term_end6 = 2002 , birth_name = Mohammad Shaker Kargar , birth_date = , birth_place =

Andkhoy District Andkhoy District is a district in Faryab Province, Afghanistan. The district center is Andkhoy, and there are a total of 81 villages in the district. Most people farm or raise livestock in the district. The district is considered to be government ...

Faryab Province Faryab (Dari: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, which is located in the north of the country bordering neighboring Turkmenistan. It has a population of about 1,109,223, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a tribal society. The pr ...

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, spouse = Ella Kargar , relations = , children = Alp-Arsalan Kargar
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Herzen University Herzen University, or formally the Russian State Pedagogical University in the name of A. I. Herzen (russian: Российский государственный педагогический университет имени А. И. Герце� ...

Mohammad Shaker Kargar ( prs, محمد شاکر کارگر , born in

) - is an Afghan politician, who is serving as the Chief of Staff to

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of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Biography

Shaker Kargar was born on 2 February 1967 in

Faryab province Faryab (Dari: ) is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, which is located in the north of the country bordering neighboring Turkmenistan. It has a population of about 1,109,223, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a tribal society. The pr ...

(

). His father - Abdul Rasul Kargar - is a famous

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and a mayor of the city Andkhoy. Mohammad Shaker started his primary education in 1973 at Andkhoy central school, and then continued his secondary education at Shah Shahid School in

Kabul province Kabul (Persian: ), situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul city, which is also Afghanistan's capital and largest city. The population of the Kabul Province is ...

and finally ended a high school at Abu Muslim Andkhoy with honour. For the higher education, he enrolled at the

Kabul University Kabul University (KU; prs, دانشگاه کابل, translit= Dāneshgāh-e-Kābul; ps, د کابل پوهنتون, translit=Da Kābul Pohantūn) is one of the major and oldest institutions of higher education in Afghanistan. It is in the 3rd ...

in 1984. Then he received a scholarship for continued study at master level in the field of Rights and History at Governmental University of Hertsen Petersburg in 1991. Finally, M. Shaker received a doctorate in philosophical sciences. In 2011 Mohammad Shaker Kargar has received an Honorary doctorate in international law from The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia.

Personal life

Mohammad Shaker Kargar is married, has two children, a son and a daughter.

Career

Educated in 1993, Mohammad Shaker has started working as CEO of international business companies. For peace and stability in

, he also participates in many national and international peaceful and political meetings in different countries, such as the

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, the

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and The Commonwealth of Independent States. In 2001 he participated in the Bonn conference as the First Deputy

, after that he was commissioned to head The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources as part of the interim government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. In 2002 following the results of the Bonn conference, Shaker became one of the 5

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Afghan Transitional Authority Afghan may refer to: *Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia *Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity ** Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...

. 2003 - 2005. He has served as Minister of Energy and Water. As minister, he actively participated in the development of infrastructure of

. In 2005 Mohammad Shaker Kargar was elected as a deputy of the

Wolesi Jirga The House of Representatives of the People, or Da Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga ( ps, دَ افغانستان ولسي جرګه), was the lower house of the bicameral National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, alongside the upper ...

from the Northern province of Faryab and was appointed to the Parliamentary Commission on International Relations. In 2012 Mohammad Kargar assumed the authority for being the Ambassador of

to the

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. He made a great contribution to the development of relations between countries. In 2013 he was appointed to the rank of Minister of Trade and Industry. Since 2015, he has taken the responsibilities for the special representative of the

for cooperation with

and the

. In 2019 he resigned from this post. In 2020 Mohammad Shaker was appointed to head the administration of the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

References

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Biography

Personal life

Career

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