Dawood Ali Najafi

Daoud Ali Najafi داودعلی نجفی
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Afghanistan
In office March 5, 2012 – present
Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Afghanistan (Acting)
In office June 2010 – March 2012
Preceded by	Abdul Rahim Horas
Personal details
Born	Dawood Ali 17 February 1968 Afghanistan
Residence(s)	Kabul, Afghanistan
Alma mater	University of Balochistan University of Peshawar
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Doctor
Ethnicity	Hazara

Dawood Ali Najafi (Dari: داودعلی نجفی) (February 17, 1968) is a politician in Afghanistan. He is serving as Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, a position he held since June 2010. Son of Salman Ali, Najafi lived in Pakistan as an Afghan refugee. He received a MBBS from University of Balochistan and an MA in Islamic Studies from University of Peshawar. He also has some working experience with an agency of the United Nations in Pakistan. Najafi returned to Afghanistan in recent years to work for the government. He is fluent in Dari-Persian, Urdu, Pashto and English.[1][2] Najafi belongs to the Hazara ethnic group.[3]

See also

• List of Hazara people
• Cabinet of Afghanistan
• Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Afghanistan)

References

1. "The Embassy of Afghanistan in Tokyo - Government". Afghanembassyjp.org. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
2. "The Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) / Parliament Completes the Cabinet – after two years". Afghanistan Analysts Network. 2010-01-02. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
3. "Database - Who is who in Afghanistan?". Afghan-bios.info. Retrieved 2012-05-09.

Preceded by Abdul Rahim Horas

Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Afghanistan June 2010–present

Succeeded by Incumbent