Hedayat Arsala - Citizendia

Hedayat Amin Arsala is a prominent Afghan Politician. He was Vice-President in the transitional administration of Afghanistan from December 22, 2001 to December 7, 2004. The Vice President of Afghanistan is the second highest Political position obtainable in Afghanistan. Afghanistan /æfˈgænɪstæn/ officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ( Pashto: د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " He subsequently was elected Minister of Commerce and was recently appointed the Senior Minister to President Karzai. Commerce is a division of trade or production which deals with the exchange of goods and services from producer to final consumer He is one of the leading moderates among the members of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's cabinet. Hamid Karzai ( حامد کرزي, حامد کرزي) (born 24 December 1957) is the current President of Afghanistan, since December In 2006, Mr. Arsala was nominated by Afghanistan to replace Kofi Annan as the Secretary General of the United Nations. Kofi Atta Annan, GCMG (born 8 April 1938 is a Ghanaian Diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security

Mr. Arsala, an ethnic Pashtun descending from the Jabar Khel tribe (which has close ties to the late King Zahir Shah), grew up in Kabul and attended high school there. Pashtuns ( Pashto: پښتون Paṣtūn, Paxtūn, also rendered as Pushtuns, Pakhtuns, Pukhtuns) also called The Jabbar Khel, sometimes spelled Jabar Khel are a leading landowning clan of the Ahmadzai tribe and consist of more than fifteen hundred families Mohammed Zahir Shah ( 15 October 1914 &ndash 23 July 2007) was the last King ( Shah) of Afghanistan, reigning } Kābul ( Persian and Pashto: کابل, IPA:) is the Capital and largest city of Afghanistan, with He came to the United States for college and completed his studies for a doctorate in economics at George Washington University. The George Washington University ( GW or GWU) is a private coeducational university located in Washington D Between 1969 and 1987, Mr. Arsala worked for the World Bank, starting with their young professionals program and later holding various economic and senior operational posts. The World Bank is an internationally supported Bank that provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries for development programs (e Early in his career in the United States, Amin Arsala was a foreign language trainer for three consecutive Peace Corps training programs. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Peace Corps is an independent United States federal agency.

He is married with 3 children and has 4 grandchildren.

In 1987, Mr. Arsala left the World Bank and returned to Afghanistan to join the Afghan resistance to overthrow the Soviet occupation. The World Bank is an internationally supported Bank that provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries for development programs (e Since then he has been among a handful of influential and professionally trained Afghans developing self-government for the people of Afghanistan. During that liberation effort, he served as Senior Advisor and as a member of the Supreme Council of Afghan Unity of Mujahideen. A Mujahid (Arabic ar مجاهد, literally "struggler" is a Muslim involved in a Jihad, id est fighting in a war or

For three years beginning in 1989, he served as Minister of Finance of the Afghan Interim Government in exile. The finance minister is a Cabinet position in a Government. A minister of Finance (also called financial affairs the treasury the economy or economic

In 1993, the former King of Afghanistan, Mohammed Zahir Shah, appointed Amin Arsala Foreign Minister and later made him a senior member of the Executive Council of the Loya Jirga, the traditional council of Pashtun tribal leaders who were to determine the shape of a new government for the nation. Mohammed Zahir Shah ( 15 October 1914 &ndash 23 July 2007) was the last King ( Shah) of Afghanistan, reigning A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a governmental cabinet minister who helps form the Foreign policy of a sovereign nation A Loya Jirga ( Pashto: لويه جرګه, Persian: جرگه بزرگ) is a "grand assembly" a phrase taken from the name of large He played a key role in the Intra-Afghan Bonn Conference that produced a political roadmap after the fall of the Taliban regime and was appointed Vice Chairman and Minister of Finance of the Interim Administration.

When the Loya Jirga met in June 2002 to create a transitional government that would prepare the nation for popular elections, Hamid Karzai was chosen as president and, among his cabinet, Amin Arsala was named one of the four vice presidents. A Loya Jirga ( Pashto: لويه جرګه, Persian: جرگه بزرگ) is a "grand assembly" a phrase taken from the name of large In that office, he worked as head of the Independent Administration Reform and Civil Service Commission, the National Census Commission, the Coordination Council and was a member of the Afghan National Security Council.

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