Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Afghanistan)

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The Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Pashto: د ترانسپورټ او ملکي هوايي چلند وزارت‎) is the Afghan Government Ministry in charge of the management of air and ground transportation, operation of airports and the national airline, as well as numerous other state owned enterprises engaged in the transport business.[1] As of 2013 the minister was Daoud Ali Najafi.

It is headquartered in Ansari Watt, Kabul.[2]

When, after the fall of the Taliban, the Bonn Conference installed an interim government for Afghanistan, the government had one minister for Transport and one minister for Civil Aviation & Tourism. In 2004, when after the Presidential Election the newly elected President Hamid Karzai his cabinet formed, the post of minister for Civil Aviation & Tourism was abolished. The minister of Transport became responsible for Civil Aviation and the Minister of Information and Culture became responsible for Tourism.

Control of Afghan airspace, nominally under the Afghan Civil Aviation Authority, part of the ministry, is currently maintained jointly with the United States.[3]

Ministers

PortofolioNameTermNotes
Civil Aviation & TourismAbdul RahmanDecember 2001 - February 2002Was assassinated in February 2002
TransportationSultan Hamid SultanDecember 2001 - June 2002
Civil Aviation & TourismZalmai RassoulFebruary 2002 - June 2002
Civil Aviation & TourismMirwais SadiqJune 2002 - March 2004Was killed in March 2004 during an exchange of fire in Herat between his forces and those of Zahir Nayebzada
TransportationSayed Mohammed Ali JawadJune 2002 - December 2004
Transportation & Civil AviationEnayatullah QasemiDecember 2004 - March 2006
Transportation & Civil AviationGul Hussein AhmadiMarch 2006 - August 2006Ahmadi did not receive the necessary confidence of the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower house of the Afghan parliament.
Transportation & Civil AviationNimatullah Ehsan JavidAugust 2006 - March 2008Was dismissed in part because of problems with the corruption-plagued national carrier, Ariana Airlines [4]
Transportation & Civil AviationHamidullah QaderiMarch 2008 - November 2008Was fired by president Karzai on the charge that Qaderi had mishandled preparations for 2008 Hajj travel
Transportation & Civil AviationOmar ZakhilwalNovember 2008 - February 2009Only acting minister
Transportation & Civil AviationHamidullah FarooqiFebruary 2009 - January 2010
Transportation & Civil AviationMohammadullah BatashJanuary 2010 - June 2010Did not receive a vote of confidence from the Wolesi Jirga, but after his successor also failed to receive a vote of confidence, Karzai appointed him as acting minister
Transportation & Civil AviationAbdul Rahim HorasJanuary 2010 - January 2010Did not receive a vote of confidence from the Wolesi Jirga
Transportation & Civil AviationDaoud Ali NajafiJune 2010 - March 2012Did not receive a vote of confidence from the Wolesi Jirga, but was subsequently named as acting minister
Transportation & Civil AviationDaoud Ali NajafiMarch 2012 – 2015Was again named by President Karzai and this time approved by the Afghan Parliament and therefore from March 2012 a formally approved minister
Transportation & Civil AviationMuhammad Hamid Tahmasi2017– PresentWas named by President Ghani and approved by the Afghan Parliament

References

  1. ↑ Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation: The Ministry
  2. ↑ "Home Archived 2013-05-18 at the Wayback Machine.." Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. Retrieved on 30 April 2013. "Visiting: Ansari Watt Kabul, Afghanistan" - Persian Archived 2013-10-25 at the Wayback Machine.: "انصاری وات کابل، افغانستان", Pashto Archived 2013-06-09 at the Wayback Machine.: "انصاري واټ څلور لارې کابل – افغانستان"
  3. ↑ Int’l flight chaos feared if US stops managing Afghan airspace (2015-05-07)
  4. ↑ News Blaze: Afghanistan Parliament Approves New Drugs Minister
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