Mohammad Shakir Kargar

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Mohammad Shaker Kargar
Dari: محمد شاکر کارگر
Head the administration of the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
In office
31 March 2020 – 15 August 2021
The special representative of the President of Afghanistan for cooperation with Russia and the CIS countries
In office
2015–2019
Minister of Trade and Industry of Afghanistan
In office
2013–2015
Minister of Energy and Water of Afghanistan
In office
2004–2005
Vice president of Afghan Transitional Authority of Afghanistan
In office
2002–2004
Head The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of Afghanistan
In office
2001–2002
Personal details
Born
Mohammad Shaker Kargar

(1967-02-02) 2 February 1967 (age 57)
Andkhoy District, Faryab Province, Afghanistan
SpouseElla Kargar
ChildrenAlp-Arsalan Kargar
Lala Kargar
Alma materHerzen University

Mohammad Shaker Kargar (Dari: محمد شاکر کارگر, born 2 February 1967) is an Afghan politician, who is serving as the chief of staff to President Ashraf Ghani of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.[1][2]

Early life and education[edit]

Shaker Kargar was born on 2 February 1967 in Andkhoy District, Faryab province (Afghanistan). His father - Abdul Rasul Kargar - is a famous teacher and a mayor of the city Andkhoy.

Mohammad Shaker started his primary education in 1973 at Andkhoy central school, and then continued his secondary education at Shah Shahid School in Kabul province and finally ended a high school at Abu Muslim Andkhoy with honour.

For the higher education, he enrolled at the Kabul University in 1984. Then he received a scholarship for continued study at master level in the field of Rights and History at Governmental University of Hertsen Petersburg in 1991. Finally, M. Shaker received a doctorate in philosophical sciences.

In 2011 Mohammad Shaker Kargar has received an Honorary doctorate in international law from The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia.[3]

Career[edit]

Educated in 1993, Mohammad Shaker has started working as CEO of international business companies. For peace and stability in Afghanistan, he also participates in many national and international peaceful and political meetings in different countries, such as the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Turkey, Italy and The Commonwealth of Independent States.

Mohammad Shakir Kargar at a meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev

In 2001 he participated in the Bonn conference[4] as the First Deputy President of Afghanistan, after that he was commissioned to head The Ministry of Energy and Water Resources as part of the interim government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.[5][6]

In 2002 following the results of the Bonn conference, Shaker became one of the 5 vice presidents of Afghan Transitional Authority.[7]

2003 - 2005. He has served as Minister of Energy and Water. As minister, he actively participated in the development of infrastructure of Afghanistan.[8]

In 2005 Mohammad Shaker Kargar was elected as a deputy of the Wolesi Jirga from the Northern province of Faryab and was appointed to the Parliamentary Commission on International Relations.

In 2012 Mohammad Kargar assumed the authority for being the Ambassador of Afghanistan to the Republic of Azerbaijan. He made a great contribution to the development of relations between countries.[9]

In 2013 he was appointed to the rank of Minister of Trade and Industry.

Since 2015, he has taken the responsibilities for the special representative of the President of Afghanistan for cooperation with Russia and the CIS countries.[10][11][12][13][14] In 2019 he resigned from this post.[15]

In 2020 Mohammad Shaker was appointed to head the administration of the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.[16][17]

Personal life[edit]

Mohammad Shaker Kargar is married, has two children, a son and a daughter.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "President Ghani names Mohammd Shakir Kargar his Chief of Staff". English. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  2. ^ "شاکر کارگر به عنوان رییس دفتر رییس جمهوری افغانستان تعیین شد |". khabarnama.net. 30 March 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  3. ^ "19 мая в Мариинском зале Герценовского университета состоялась торжественная церемония вручения диплома Почетного Доктора в области международного права РГПУ им. А.И. Герцена гражданину Афганистана господину Каргару Мохаммаду Шакеру" (in Russian). ОФ.сайт РГПУ им. А.И. Герцена. 19 May 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Bonn Conference: NATO will not abandon Afghanistan". official site NATO. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  5. ^ "Состав временного правительства Афганистана" (in Russian). Интернет-издание Грани.ру. 5 December 2001. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Lights go back on in Afghanistan". BBC-news. 30 August 2002. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Биография: КАРГАР Мухаммед Шакер (Шакир)". centrasia.org (in Russian). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  8. ^ Виктор Панов (12 February 2002). "Афганистан поддерживает проект строительства трансафганского газопровода" (in Russian). РИА НОВОСТИ. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Ilham Aliyev accepted the credentials from the newly-appointed Ambassador of Afghanistan to Azerbaijan". Official web-site of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan. 29 November 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Мохаммад Шакир Каргар: Для Кабула расширение сотрудничества с СНГ является приоритетом" (in Russian). Интернет-издание Афганистан.ру. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Ш.Каргар: Узбекистан планирует инвестиции в афганские инфраструктурные объекты" (in Russian). Интернет-издание Афганистан.ру. 12 December 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  12. ^ "В Беларуси настроены на развитие торгово-экономического сотрудничества с Афганистаном" (in Russian). БЕЛТА - Новости Беларуси. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  13. ^ "Президент Туркменистана принял специального представителя Президента Афганистана" (in Russian). Государственное информационное агентство Туркменистана - Туркменистан сегодня. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Meeting with Afghanistan president's special envoy on CIS states". The Official Internet Portal of the President of the Republic of Belarus. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Ghani dismiss Afghanistan's envoy for Commonwealth of Nations". The Khaama Press News Agency. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  16. ^ "President Ghani names Mohammd Shakir Kargar his Chief of Staff". Official site of the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. 31 March 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  17. ^ "شاکر کارگر به عنوان رییس دفتر رییس جمهوری افغانستان تعیین شد". khabarnama.net (in Persian). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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