Mohammad Arif Noorzai Explained

Mohammad Arif Khan Noorzai. محمد عارف خان نورزی
President:Hamid Karzai
Term Start:28 October 2013
Term End:November 2014
Predecessor:Ismail Khan
Successor:Ghulam Faruq Qarizadeh
Birth Place:Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
Known For:Tribal leader
Occupation:Legislator, Minister
Office1:Member of the House of the People
Termstart1:2005
Constituency1:Kandahar Province

Mohammad Arif Noorzai (born 1959) was a former minister of Border and Tribe Affairs for Afghanistan. He was elected to represent Kandahar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. He is the first deputy speaker of Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga and his current position is the Advisor of President Hamid Karzai for security and tribal affairs[1] He is a member of the Pashtun ethnic group, and the Noorzai tribe.A report on Kandahar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School stated he is first deputy speaker, and that he is related to President Hamid Karzai through marriage, and that he is a high school graduate.

Early life

Mohammad Arif Khan Noorzai محمد عارف خان نورزی was born in 1959 at Kandahar province of Afghanistan. Whilst going to school at the province during his early life, he studied Faculty of Agriculture at Kabul University but was unable to complete his studies due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. His family moved during the war towards Pakistan where they settled before returning to Afghanistan soon after.

Notes and References

  1. News: Profile: Kandahar Profile . . January 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606124708/http://www.nps.edu/programs/CCS/Docs/Executive%20Summaries/Kandahar_Provincial_Overview_Jan09.pdf . 2011-06-06 . dead .