Muhammad Yunus Nawandish

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Muhammad Yunus Nawandish محمديونس نوانديش Builder of Kabul
Muhammad Yunus Nawandish speaking in 2010
Mayor of Kabul
In office 4 January 2010 – 1 April 2020
President	Hamid Karzai Ashraf Ghani
Preceded by	Abdul Ahad Sayebi
Succeeded by	Mohammad Daud Sultanzoy
USAID
In office 2005–2009
Deputy Minister of Water and Energy
In office 2001–2005
Professor of Engineering in Balkh University
In office 1992–1994
Personal details
Citizenship	Afghanistan
Nationality	Afghanistan
Alma mater	Polytechnical University of Kabul
Occupation	Politician, Engineer, Lecturer

Muhammad Yunus Nawandish (Uzbek/Dari: محمديونس نوانديش) was the Mayor of Kabul from after his appointment by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in January 2010. During his time in office the Mayor initiated an aggressive program of municipal improvements in streets, parks, greenery, revenue collection, environmental control, and solid waste management.

He was assisted in his municipal reform efforts by the USAID's “Kabul City Initiative” project, the World Bank, Japanese Government JICA and other International Donors to build municipal capacity, improve service delivery and infrastructure, and increase municipal revenue for a cleaner and greener Kabul.

Nawandish also serves as a member of the Kabul Polytechnic University’s Academic Council and of Kabul University. He is a member of two non – governmental organizations: the Afghanistan Engineers and Architects Association and Afghan American Engineers Union. Nawandish is also current president of Society of Afghan Architects and Engineers (SAAE).

Nawandish was reluctant to be the mayor of Kabul at first due to its difficulty.^[1] His day begins at five in the morning and usually ends at about one the following morning.

He is a compulsive walker, sometimes covering as much as 10 km (six miles) a day. The mayor is known to be a night bird. He often inspects Kabul's streets at night when residents of the city are fast asleep. Mr Nawandish has succeeded in generating millions of dollars more revenue for Kabul during his tenure - mainly from retail taxes, business taxes, advertisements and property and business taxes. He also has regular visits to Washington, Moscow and Istanbul. One of the mayor's top objectives now is his ongoing campaign to remove illegal shops, buildings and illegally parked carts from the city's streets and pavements.