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Yousef Pashtun محمد یوسف پښتون | |
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| Senior Adviser Minister to the President on Construction, Mines, Water & Energy | |
| Assumed office January 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Eng. Tawab Asifi |
| Minister of Urban Development & Housing | |
| In office January 2005 – December 2009 | |
| Lieutenant | Sayed Shareef Hussaini |
| Preceded by | Gul Agha Sherzai |
| Succeeded by | Sultan Hussain Hissary |
| Governor of Kandahar | |
| In office August 2003 – December 2004 | |
| Lieutenant | Mohammad Anass |
| Preceded by | Gul Agha Sherzai |
| Succeeded by | Asadullah Khalid |
| Minister of Urban Development | |
| In office April 2002 – August 2003 | |
| Lieutenant | Engineer Nasir Sabiri |
| Preceded by | Abdul Qadir |
| Succeeded by | Gul Agha Sherzai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1946 Kandahar, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Political party | Independent |
| Spouse | Qamar Angaar Pashtun |
| Education | M.Arch, M.U.P. |
| Alma mater | American University of Beirut |
| Profession | Architect / Urban Planner |
Mohammad Yousef Pashtun (Pashto: یوسف پښتون) is an Afghan technocrat and politician. He served as Minister of Urban Development and Housing for two terms (2002–2003, 2005–2010) and as Governor of Kandahar province in 2003, replacing Gul Agha Sherzai under President Hamid Karzai's administration. In 2010, he was appointed as Senior Adviser to President Karzai on Construction, Mines, Water & Energy. In 2014, minister Pashtun continued to serve as Senior Adviser to President Ashraf Ghani.[1] Yِousef Pashtun is also chairing the Kabul New City Development Authority Board.[2]
- ^ Chayes, Sarah, The Punishment of Virtue: Inside Afghanistan After the Taliban , Penguin: 2007. ISBN 0-14-311206-6
- ^ http://www.dcda.gov.af/ [dead link]