Abdul Malik Hamwar | |
Office: | Governor of Logar Province |
Term Start: | October 2002 |
Term End: | March 2004 |
Predecessor: | Fazlullah Mojadeddi |
Successor: | Mohammad Aman Hamimi |
Office1: | Rural Development Minister |
Term Start1: | December 2001 |
Term End1: | June 2002 |
Primeminister1: | Hamid Karzai |
Successor1: | Mohammad Hanif Atmar |
Party: | United Islamic Front |
Occupation: | Politician |
Abdul Malik Hamwar was ex-vice chancellor of Al-Beroni University and as such one of the persons who was named minister by the Bonn Conference in December 2001.[1] Hamwar served as minister of Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development from December 2001 until the 2002 Loya Jirga were Hamid Karzai named a new cabinet. Originally a member of the Afghan Northern Alliance[2] he was then deputy minister for social affairs in the interim administration of Hamid Karzai in early 2002 and governor of Logar Province[3] from October 2002 - March 2004.[4] Hamwar is a Tajik who was a member of the United Islamic Front.
As Minister, Hamwar accompanied Karzai and several other ministers in February 2002 on a trip to Iran where they issued five memorandums of understanding, including an agreement on rural development.[5]