Abas Basir عباس بصیر | |
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Minister of Higher Education | |
In office 14 September 2020 – 15 August 2021 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Tawab Bala Karzai |
Succeeded by | Abdul Baqi Haqqani (acting) |
General director of South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme | |
In office 8 August 2018 – 13 September 2020 | |
Preceded by | Muhammad Khurshid |
Senior Advisor of Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani | |
In office 2015–2018 | |
President | Ashraf Ghani |
Chief of Staff to the Vice President Office (Karim Khalili) | |
In office 2012–2014 | |
President | Hamid Karzai |
Deputy director general, National Environmental protection Agency (NEPA).[1] | |
In office 2010–2012 | |
First Secretary Embassy of Afghanistan, New Delhi, India | |
In office 2005–2009 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1968(52 years old) Qarabagh, Ghazni, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
Political party | Hezb-e Wahdat |
Education | PhD in International Environment Law From Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. |
Abas Basir (Dari: عباس بصیر; born 1968) is an Afghan academic and politician who served as the Minister of Higher Education from 14 September 2020 to 15 August 2021.[2][3] He also held various significant national and international posts. He has served as Director General of South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) who was nominated by the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan for a term of three years, from August 2018 to September 2020. Dr. Abas Basir was also appointed as Deputy for South Asia Neutregeon Hub between the years 2019–2020.[4]
From 2015–2018 he served as higher adviser to the Afghan president Ashraf Ghani. Before that from 2012 to 2014 he served as chief of staff to the Afghan vice president. He also served as deputy director general, National Environmental protection Agency from 2010 to 2012.[1] Also worked as acting director of International Cultural Relations Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan). And along with the mentioned positions, Abas Basir has always tried to support higher education in Afghanistan: he served as a lecturer for almost 7 years, from 2011 to 2018, at both master's and undergraduate levels, teaching environmental sciences and water management studies at different universities in Afghanistan, such as Kateb, Dawat, Ibn e Sina, Dunya University of Afghanistan, Gharjestan and Gawharshad.
Abas Basir is a well-known Afghan Diplomat who has Master of International law and Ph.D. in international environment law from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. During 2006–2009 that Basir worked as First Deputy for the Afghanistan Embassy in New Delhi. He has also held position as Deputy and Head of cultural affairs department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between the years 2003–2006. Worked as a vice president for the Afghanistan National Constitution in Tehran, Iran, and as a senior representative from Ghazni Province for the Afghanistan LoyeJerga (National Assembly). Abas Basir is also nationally recognized as a writer and editor in chief for the Musharekat E Meli (National Cooperation) weekly Magazine between the years 2002–2005 as well as Emroz e Ma (Our Time) in Peshawar, Pakistan (1996–2000).[5][4]