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Hamidullah Akhundzada Mullah Hamidullah Akhundzada ( ) is the Minister of Civil Aviation and Transport of Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia ...

. It is headquartered in Ansari Watt,

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firm GAAC Holding.

Ministers

Former Minister of Transportation and Civil Aviation (MoTCA): * Abdul Rahman (20020211 killed), * Dr. Enayatullah Qasemi (Ghazni 2005), * Gul Hussain Ahmadi (not confirmed by Wolesi Jirga 2006, * Engineer Nehmatullah Niamatullah Ehsan Javid (2006), * Hamidullah Qaderi (2008), * Dr. Omar Zakhiwal Zakhaiwal (2008), * acting-transport minister, Raz Mohammad Elmi (2009), * Hamidullah Farooqi (20090317), * Daud Ali Najafi (acting Minister 20101009 and nominated again (20120215) * Daud Ali Najafi Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (20120305 - 20140930) * Daud Ali Najafi acting Minister (20141001) * acting Minister of Transport Ghulam Ali Rasukh (20141209) * Minister of Transport and Aviation (20150418, 20161113 impeached and acting) * Mohammad Hamid Tumasi Hamid Tahmasi Mohammad Hamid Tahmasi (20170725, 20180625), 20171102, 20171204 confirmed, 20180629) * Quadratullah Zaki nominated and acting (20200831) confirmed (20201130) * Mullah Alhaj Hamidullah Akhundzada (20210907) Deputy Minister of Transport and Aviation: * Hafiz Siddiqullah Abdid (20220912) * Mullah Abdul Salam (20220913) * Ghulam Jelani Popal, the deputy head of Afghanistan transport and civil aviation ministry (20230510) Deputy Minister of Transport and Aviation Financial Affairs: * Hafiz Siddiqullah Abdid (20220912) Deputy Ministers: Technical and Operations: * Cptn. Said Mehdi Saidi, Saeedi (20110313, 20110415) Planning and Policy: * Mohammad Aminullah Batash (20110313) Administration and Ressources: * Ghulam Ali Rasikh (20110313); Deputy of the Ministry of Transport, Finance and Administration: * Mrs. Fawzia Ehsani (2016, 20180214) Deputy Transport and Civil Aviation Minister: * Hamid Zahir (20120704) Deputy minister, Raz Mohammad Ilmi, and deputy minister of transport, Abdul Hafiz, were arrested over allegations of corruption (20170712)

References

External links

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Official Website Ministry of Transportation & Civil Aviation

Official Website Ministry of Transportation & Civil Aviation

{{authority control Government ministries of Afghanistan, Transportation and Civil Aviation

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