President Hamid Karzai Name Mohammad Sultanzoy President Hamid Karzai (acting) Role Afghan Politician | Citizenship Afghanistan Education Kabul University Alma mater Kabul University | |
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Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud
Karim Khalili Died October 22, 2015(2015-10-22) (aged 64)
Ghazni Province, Afghanistan Assassinated October 22, 2015, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan | ||
Battles and wars Soviet–Afghan War | ||
Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoy (1952) is an Afghan politician elected to represent Ghazni Province in Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. He was a Pashtun from the Ghilzai tribe. He was fluent in English, and prior to his election he was an airline Captain for United Airlines. He is noteworthy for promoting women's right to vote.
History
Sultanzoy was born in 1952 in Kabul. He graduated from Kabul University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Management in 1973. He trained as a pilot at the Pan American World Airways Training Center and the McDonnell-Douglas Corporation Training Center. He held an aircraft Airline Transport Pilot license and was certified to fly more than eight types of aircraft.
Sultanzoy fought against the Soviet Union and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in the early 1980s, during the Soviet–Afghan War. After he was wounded, he returned to the United States, where he became a pilot for United Airlines. He actively participated in Afghan political and civil circles during the 1980s and 1990s.
Sultanzoy returned to Afghanistan following the US led invasion in 2001, and was elected as a member of the 2002 loya jirga. He was later elected as a member of the Wolesi Jirga for Ghazni province in the 2005 parliamentary election. During his term he served as the Chairman of the Committee for National Economy, Rural Development, Agriculture and NGOs. He also took part in numerous Presidential delegations to countries such as Germany, France, Pakistan and India.
More recently, Sultanzoy hosted a show on Tolo TV, and ran in the 2014 Afghan presidential election.