Motasim Billah Mazhabi
Motasim Billah Mazhabi | |
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| Born | 1964 (age 57–58) , Baghlan province |
| Nationality | Afghanistan |
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Motasim Billah Mazhabi is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.[1]
Academic career[]
Mutasimbillah is from a family of religious scholars, and received religious instruction from his father Maulana and his uncle Maulana .[1] He also attended a secular high school in Kabul.
He earned a degree in economics from the Logistics and Military Economics Faculty of the .[1]
Public service[]
Mutasimbillah left Afghanistan for Pakistan in 1985. He also spent time in the United States.[1]
He founded the magazine in 1993. It is currently published in Pashto, Dari and English language editions, in Kabul.[1]
According to a profile from the Pajhwok Afghan News Mutasimbillah worked on behalf of Afghans and Afghan expatriates, helping to found a school and a clinic for refugees in Peshawar, Pakistan, and a clinic in Paktia Province.[1] He helped found the in 1992. He helped found the in 1996, and was its president until 1998.
Presidential candidacy, 2009[]
During the 2009 Presidential elections he stood 13th in a field of 38.[2] He won 7,841 votes.
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "Contender Biographies - Motasim Billah Mazhabi's Biography". Pajhwok Afghan News. Archived from the original on 2013-01-14. Retrieved 2010-06-10.
- ^ "Preliminary Result of Afghanistan Presidential Contest". . 2009-08-20. Archived from the original on 2009-08-03.
- Afghan economists
- Magazine publishers (people)
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Afghan expatriates in Pakistan
- 21st-century Afghan politicians