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President
  
Ashraf Ghani

Succeeded by
  
TBD

Party
  
Hezbe Wahdat

Preceded by
  
Mohammad Azam Dadfar

Role
  
Afghan Politician

President
  
Hamid Karzai

Name
  
Sarwar Danish

Preceded by
  
Karim Khalili

President
  
Hamid Karzai


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Mohammad Sarwar Danish (Persian: سرور دانش‎‎) (born 1961) is an Afghan politician who has been Vice President of Afghanistan since 2014. He previously served as Acting Minister of Justice from 2004 to 2010 and as Acting Minister of Higher Education from 2010 to 2014. When Daykundi province was carved out of Urozgan province in 2004, Danish became its first Governor.

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Early years and education

Danish was born in 1961 in the Ishtarlay District of Daykundi province in central Afghanistan. He belongs to the Hazara group and his father's name is Mohammad Ali.

Danish completed his higher education in Iraq, Syria and Iran, where he earned degrees in law, journalism and Islamic studies. He received a Masters in Fiqh. From 1982 until 2001, he made various publications. Danish authored 15 books and 700 academic essays. He became fluent in Pashto, Dari and Arabic language.

Karzai administration

After the Taliban regime was ousted and the Karzai administration was formed, Danish was involved in the 2002 loya jirga. He served as a member of the Constitutional Drafting Commission through a decree by President Hamid Karzai and as a participant in the Constitutional Loya Jirga.

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Sarwar Danish Wikipedia