Abdul Karim Matin عبدالکريم متين | |
Office: | Governor of Paktika |
Term Start: | 21 December 2014 |
Term End: | 9 May 2015 |
Predecessor: | Mohibullah Samim |
Successor: | Aminullah Shariq |
Office1: | Governor of Ghazni |
Term Start1: | 30 July 2016 |
Predecessor1: | Mohammad Aman Hamimi |
Birth Date: | 1979 |
Birth Place: | Afghanistan |
Abdul Karim Matin (ps|عبدالکريم متين) is an ethnic Pashtun politician who served as the governor of Paktika Province from 2014 to 2015,[1] and of Ghazni since 2016. Matin went to Gazi High School and studied at Kabul University. He was a Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development official for Urban Rainwater Harvesting and the Regional Coordinator for Southern Region of Afghanistan. In 2015, Mateen has escaped unharmed from an armed attack from Taliban when he was visiting security check posts in the outskirts of Sharana.
In 2016, he was appointed as the governor of Ghazni Province.
He speaks Pashto, Dari and English.