Sarwar Danish

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| name = Muhammad Sarwar Danish

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| native_name_lang = Haz

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| office = Second Vice President of Afghanistan

| term_start = 29 September 2014

| term_end = 15 August 2021

| president = Ashraf Ghani

| predecessor = Karim Khalili

| successor = Mullah Yaqoob (as Second Deputy Leader)

| office1 = Higher Education Minister of Afghanistan

| term_start1 = 1 January 2010

| term_end1 = 29 September 2014

| president1 = Hamid Karzai

| predecessor1 = Mohammad Azam Dadfar

| successor1 = Abdollah Obeid

| office2 = Justice Minister of Afghanistan

| term_start2 = 23 December 2004

| term_end2 = 1 January 2010

| president2 = Hamid Karzai

| predecessor2 = Abbas Karimi

| successor2 = Habibullah Ghaleb

| office3 = 1st Governor of Daykundi

| term_start3 = 28 March 2004

| term_end3 = 22 December 2004

| successor3 = Abdul Hai Neamati

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}}

| birth_place = Ishtarlay District, Kingdom of Afghanistan

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| birthname = Muhammad Sarwar

| party = Hezbe Wahdat (to 2022) Afghanistan Justice and Freedom Party (from 2022){{cite web |title=Afghanistan Justice and Freedom Party Announces Formation Outside the Country |url=https://www.afintl.com/en/202210244602 |publisher=Afghanistan International |access-date=28 November 2023 |date=24 October 2022}}

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Muhammad Sarwar Danish ({{langx|prs|{{nq|سرور دانش}}}}; born 1961) is an Afghan academic and politician in exile who was the second vice president of Afghanistan, from 2014 to 2021. He was previously the acting minister of justice from 2004 to 2010 and acting minister of higher education from 2010 to 2014. When Daykundi province was carved out of Urozgan province in 2004, Danish became its first governor.{{Cite web |date=2010-06-22 |title=Latest rumours about still open ministries |url=https://www.afghanistan-analysts.org/en/reports/political-landscape/latest-rumours-about-still-open-ministries/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Afghanistan Analysts Network - English |language=ps-GB}}

Early years and education

Danish, the son of Muhammad Ali, was born in 1961 in the Ishtarlay District of Daykundi province in central Afghanistan. He belongs to the Hazara ethnic group. As a Shia Muslim, he completed his higher education in the holy Iranian city of Qom, where he earned degrees in law, journalism and Islamic studies, receiving a master's degree in Fiqh. From 1982 until 2001, he wrote various publications, including 15 books and 700 academic essays. Along with Dari and Pashto, he also became fluent in the Arabic language.

Karzai administration

After the Taliban regime was ousted and the Karzai administration was formed, Danish was involved in the 2002 loya jirga. He was a member of the Constitutional Drafting Commission through a decree by President Hamid Karzai and as a participant in the Constitutional Loya Jirga. Following Karzai's election as president in 2004, Danish became Justice Minister and renounced his membership to Hezbe Wahdat as per Constitutional law.{{Cite web |title=Afghan Report: December 30, 2004 |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1340603.html |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty |language=en}}

Ghani administration

Under President Ashraf Ghani, Danish served as the second vice president in both terms, first with vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum{{Cite web |title=Afghanistan: Warlords and Democracy |url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/10/afghanistan-warlords-and-democracy/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=thediplomat.com |language=en-US}} and then Amrullah Saleh following the 2019 elections.{{Cite web |last=independent |first=Associated Press The Associated Press is an |last2=City |first2=not-for-profit news cooperative headquartered in New York |date=2020-05-17 |title=Afghan president and rival announce power-sharing agreement |url=https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-05-17/afghan-president-rival-announce-power-sharing-agreement |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} In 2021 after Kabul fell to the Taliban, Danish and associates escaped the country and eventually stayed in Turkey. In December 2021 he was resettled in New Zealand.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-13 |title=Anger at NZ government as Afghan ex-vice-president resettled while hundreds of others trapped |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/13/anger-at-nz-government-as-afghan-ex-vice-president-resettled-while-hundreds-of-others-trapped |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}

Sarwar Danish

Early years and education

Karzai administration

Ghani administration

References

See also