Dawood Ali Najafi ( prs, داودعلی نجفی) (February 17, 1968) is a
politician
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in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
. He is serving as
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation
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, a position he held since June 2010. Son of Salman Ali, Najafi lived in
Pakistan
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as an
Afghan refugee. He received a MBBS from
University of Balochistan
The University of Balochistan (UB) (Urdu: جامعہ بلوچستان; Balochi: بلوچستان ء یونیورسٹی ), also known as Balochistan University, is a public university located in the downtown area of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. ...
and an MA in Islamic Studies from
University of Peshawar
The University of Peshawar ( ps, د پېښور پوهنتون; hnd, پشور یونیورسٹی; ur, ; abbreviated UoP; known more popularly as Peshawar University) is a public research university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pa ...
. He also has some working experience with an agency of the
United Nations
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in Pakistan. Najafi returned to Afghanistan in recent years to work for the government. He is fluent in
Dari-Persian
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,
Urdu
Urdu (;["Urdu"](_blank)
'' Pashto
Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().
Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...
and English. Najafi belongs to the
Hazara ethnic group.
See also
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List of Hazara people
Hazara people make up the second or third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan with 8–12 million population, making 20%–25% of the total population of Afghanistan (Some suggest the real population might reach 30%) where they mainly inhabit the ...
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Cabinet of Afghanistan
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Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Afghanistan)
The Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation ( ps, د ترانسپورټ او ملکي هوايي چلند وزارت, ) is the Afghan Cabinet, Afghan Government Ministry in charge of the management of air and ground transportation, operat ...
References
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Aviation ministers of Afghanistan
Transport ministers of Afghanistan
Hazara politicians
1968 births
Living people
Afghan expatriates in Pakistan
University of Balochistan alumni
University of Peshawar alumni