Umer daudzai

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Mohammed Umer Daudzai, born in October 12 1957 is the Chief of Staff of the Afghan President Hamid Karzai from 2003 to present. He was born in the Karabagh District of the Kabul Province of Afghanistan. Mr. Daudzai grew up in his home district of Karabagh and only moved to the capital city Kabul for his higher education. After independently fighting against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan for many years, he finally settled in Peshawar, Pakistan where he worked for the organization called "Save the Children". While working for this organization he went to the Oxford University in the UK for his Masters in Science through a scholarship program. After completing his Masters he came back to work for the Swedish Committee in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. In 1996 he moved to Islamabad, Pakistan where he started working for the United Nations Development Program(UNDP). In 2001 he moved to Geneva, Switzerland where he assumed the role of "Area Development Specialist" in UNDP Geneva. In November 2003 Mr.Daudzai was approached by the Interim Afghan government to assume the office of the Chief of Staff of the President. He served as the Chief of Staff of Hamid Karzai until 2005 when he moved to Tehran, Iran as the Afghan Ambassador to Iran. In the year 2007 he replaced Jawed Ludin, and once again assumed the position of the Chief of Staff of the Afghan President. Presently, he is serving as the Chief of Staff of the Afghan President and is one of the closest person to the Afghan President Hamid Karzai. He is highly hinted to be Karzai's candidate for the Afghan Presidency once both of Karzai's terms in office are over. link title