Fahim Hashimi ( fa, فهیم هاشمی; born 27 September 1980) is an ethnic

Hazara Hazara may refer to: Ethnic groups * The Hazaras, a Persian-speaking people of Afghanistan and Pakistan * Aimaq Hazara, Aimaq's subtribe of Hazara origin * Hazarawals, a Hindko-speaking people of the Hazara region of northern Pakistan * Hazar ...

politician from

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 bord ...

. Between May 2019 and August 2020, Hashimy was the former Minister for Telecommunication and Information Technology. He was the second elected President of the Afghanistan Olympic Committee from 2014–2015. He had served as the acting vice-president before taking over from

Mohammad Zahir Aghbar Mohammad Zahir Aghbar (Pashto/Dari: ; also spelled Akhbar) (born 1964), is an Afghan diplomat and law enforcement official. He currently serves as Afghanistan's ambassador to Tajikistan and has also claimed the title of acting First Vice Presiden ...

Early life

Fahim Hashimy was born on 27 September 1980 in

Kabul Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. Ac ...

, Afghanistan. He belongs to the

ethnic group.

Businesses

Fahim Hashimy is one of Afghanistan's leading entrepreneurs. In 2005 he began building one of the largest logistics companies in Afghanistan, focusing on providing critical services and material resources to the Afghan Government and International Forces. In 2010 Fahim Hashimy launched, 1TV Afghanistan's second largest TV Network, the centerpiece of GroupOne, a media production and the strategic communications group MCXI. This venture is part of the Hashimy Group, an Afghan conglomerate with interests in fuel logistics, manufacturing, airlines, trading, and construction.

ANOC presidency

Hashimy was elected to a four-year term as NOC President at the ANOC General Assembly in

on 30 April 2014. He secured 27 votes in the first round of voting, giving him the majority needed to be elected. He succeeded

who served as ANOC President from 2009 to 2014. Following his election as NOC President, Hashimy stated that he wanted "to create a world class NOC and that he also want to increase the participation of women in sports and show that culturally you can be a good Muslim woman but also a good athlete." Further he mentioned that the election was a historic day and that he now wants to take the NOC to the next level.

References

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