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Dr. Faramarz Tamanna (Persian: فرامرز تمنا, born in Herat, Afghanistan) is a university professor, writer, an Afghan politician and the chancellor of the University of Afghanistan in Kabul.[1][2] He was Director General of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan).[3] He holds his PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India) in International Studies.
Before Being Presidential candidate, Dr. Tamanna has previously worked as Director General of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and before that was the Deputy Spokesperson at this Ministry. He has held other positions in Afghan diplomatic missions including Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) abroad. He, also, has taught in several universities.
Tamanna also registered as a candidate for the 2019 Afghan Presidential Elections.[4] Tamanna was the youngest candidate and finished fifth in the elections.[5] His campaign slogan was "Wisdom and Development".[4] Tamanna has given a series of television interviews.[6]
He is the author of five books (Afghanistan's Foreign Policy on Regional Cooperation, US Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan, Afghanistan's Peace and Security Dilemma, Political Development in Afghanistan, and Foreign Policy of Afghanistan: Dynamism, Scope and Actions) and tens of articles covering security and international relations.[2]