Faizullah Kakar

Quick Facts

Full Name	Faizullah Kakar
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Dec 24, 1950(1950-12-24)
Age	74
Birthplace	Gurziwan District
Country	Afghanistan
Birth City	Faryab Province
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Faizullah Kakar Biography

Faizullah Kakar is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on December 24, 1950 in Gurziwan District, Faryab Province, Afghanistan. Faizullah Kakar (Pashto Faizullah Kakar (Pashto: fyD ll , Persian: fyD llh the kkr, born on December 24, 1950) is a retired Afghan epidemiologist. He has previously served as chief of staff for President Ashraf Ghani and was also Ghani’s Afghan ambassador to Qatar and the Advisor to the President Ghani for Health and Education, and the deputy Minister of health for Afghanistan. Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Kakar was also previously an Presidential National Focal Point for Polio Eradication for Afghanistan in the context of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation initiative to eliminate the spread of polio. Kakar has published articles and spoken at international conferences about a variety of issues facing Afghanistan such as infections in the country, maternal mortality and the risks of herbicides used to eliminate poppy.

In 1997, Kakar moved to Islamabad, Pakistan where he was selected by United Nations as the Medical Officer/Epidemiologist for World Health Organization (WHO). Kakar was the first to create and invent”the word “Disease Early Warning System” (DEWS) in Pakistan that is a recognized surveillance system all over the world and copied by numerous countries. Kakar was employed by the WHO for seven years.

In 2009, he was promoted to Minister Adviser to the President on Health and Education Affairs. In 2012, he was also assigned to be the Presidential Focal Point for Polio Eradication, a position with global support as Afghanistan remains one of only three countries in the world with endemic polio transmission.

In 2016, Kakar was appointed as the Afghan Ambassador to Doha, Qatar where he worked closely to support efforts for peace in Afghanistan.

He was born in the year 1988 and relocated in 1988 to Peshawar, Pakistan where he created in 1988 the Research and Advisory Council of Afghanistan (RACA). He first served as the Director General of the Division for Preventive Medicine of the Ministry of Public Health, Interim Islamic Government of Afghanistan. From 1990 to 1990, Kakar was appointed Dean of the College of Medicine, then Vice-Chancellor, before becoming the Chancellor of Islamic University of Afghanistan (IUA) in Peshawar, Pakistan until 1996. From 1993 until 1995, Kakar was also the Vice Minister for Public Health for the Islamic Government of Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Faizullah Kakar Net Worth

Faizullah Kakar is one of the richest Politician from Afghanistan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Faizullah Kakar 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kakar was a pupil at Lycee Habibia situated in Kabul, Afghanistan. As of 1975, Kakar earned a degree of bachelor’s from Biology in Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana. After 1977, Kakar received a master’s degree in toxicology at Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana. The year 1982 was the time Kakar obtained his Doctorate (PhD) on Epidemiology in University of Washington. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. From 1981 until 1988, Kakar was also a member of the Board of the Islamic School of Seattle, Washington.

The University of Washington, from 1984 until 1986, Kakar worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology. He was hired in 1986. joined as a staff scientist at the Cancer Control Research Unit of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center located in Seattle, Washington.

In 2005, Kakar was again tapped as Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Public Health by the Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in Kabul where he served for 5 years. Kakar opposed mass spraying of fields with herbicide glyphosate to eradicate poppy, which was later proven to be carcinogenic in humans.

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Facts & Trivia

Faizullah Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Afghanistan. Faizullah Kakar celebrates birthday on December 24 of every year.