Mohammad Tamim Nuristani () is a businessman and politician from
Nuristan Province
Nuristan, also spelled as Nurestan or Nooristan (Pashto: ; Katë: ), is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It is divided into seven districts and is Afghanistan's least populous province, with a ...
of
Afghanistan
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.
Mohammad Tamim was the previous governor of
Nuristan Province
Nuristan, also spelled as Nurestan or Nooristan (Pashto: ; Katë: ), is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It is divided into seven districts and is Afghanistan's least populous province, with a ...
and replaced by
Hafiz Abdul Qayyum.
Nuristani studied in
Germany
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and later worked in the restaurant business in
Brooklyn
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and
California
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.
He is a member of the
Kata tribe.
Notes
Governors of Nuristan Province
Living people
Nuristani people
People from Nuristan Province
Afghan emigrants to the United States
Afghan expatriates in Germany
1962 births
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