Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen ( Persian: سید مخدوم رهین) is a Persian

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and an Afghan

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. He is an ethnic Tajik and is a dual citizen (holds American citizenship).

Life

He was born in 1946 in the Afghan capital of

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. He graduated from Habibia High School between the mid-1950s to the early-1960s. During the

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form 1979-1989 and communist government of Kabul, he was head of Radio Kabul-e-Azad (Free Kabul). Until March 2015 he was the Afghan Minister of Information and Culture. He previously served Afghanistan's ambassador in

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prior to holding the office of Minister of Information and Culture for second time.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raheen, Sayed Makhdoom 20th-century Persian-language writers Afghan diplomats Living people University of Tehran alumni Culture ministers of Afghanistan Information ministers of Afghanistan Ambassadors of Afghanistan to India 1946 births Faculty of Letters and Humanities of the University of Tehran alumni