Qalandar Ibad
{{Short description|Acting minister of public health in Afghanistan}}
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{{nq|قلندر عباد}}
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| office = Minister of Public Health
| status = Acting
| term_start = 21 September 2021
| term_end = 28 May 2024
| primeminister = Mohammad Hassan Akhund (acting)
| predecessor = Wahid Majrooh
| 1blankname2 = Deputy minister(s)
| 1namedata2 = Abdul Bari Omar
Mohammad Hassan Ghiasi
| successor = Maulawi Noor Jalal
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1980}}
| birth_place = Marzak village, Sar Hawza District of Paktika province
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| nationality = Afghan
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| alma_mater = Nangarhar University
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences
| occupation = Politician, physician, Taliban member
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Qalandar Ibad (Persian: ډاکټر قلندر عباد) (born; 1980) is an Afghan physician who served as the acting Minister of Public Health of Afghanistan from 21 September 2021 to 28 May 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://8am.af/eng/the-taliban-announce-remaining-cabinet-members/|title=The Taliban Announce Remaining Cabinet Members|date=September 21, 2021|access-date=September 23, 2021|archive-date=November 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211124145820/https://8am.af/eng/the-taliban-announce-remaining-cabinet-members/|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2321275/afghan-taliban-bring-new-faces-to-fill-cabinet-slots|title=Afghan Taliban bring new faces to fill cabinet slots|date=September 21, 2021|website=The Express Tribune|access-date=September 24, 2021|archive-date=September 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922051819/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2321275/afghan-taliban-bring-new-faces-to-fill-cabinet-slots|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.voadeewanews.com/a/6237134.html|title=دطالبانو لخوا کابینه کې دپراختیا اعلان، ایا نړۍ به پرې قانع شي؟|website=VOA|access-date=2021-09-23|archive-date=2021-09-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922024945/https://www.voadeewanews.com/a/6237134.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Taliban Dismisses Physician from Health Ministry, Appoints Cleric Instead |url=https://www.afintl.com/en/202405284559 |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=Afghanistan International |language=en}}
Ibad was born in 1980 in Marzak village, Sar Hawza District of Paktika province. He received his primary education in Peshawar, Pakistan. He received his medical degree (MD) from the Faculty of Medicine of Nangarhar University, and master’s in Urology from Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad.{{Cite web|url=https://moph.gov.af/en/ministers-biography|title=Minister's Biography | Ministry of Public Health|access-date=2021-11-13|archive-date=2021-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113050747/https://moph.gov.af/en/ministers-biography|url-status=live}}