Mohammad Daud Sultanzoy

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Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoy
محمد داوود سلطان‌زوی (هوا کش و کوس کش)
Mayor of
Emir
Hibatullah Akhundzada (de facto)
Preceded byMuhammad Yunus Nawandish
Succeeded byHamdullah Nomani
Member of the 2002 Loyal Jirga
In office
11 June 2002 – 19 June 2005
PresidentHamid Karzai (acting)
Personal details
Born (1952-09-13) 13 September 1952 (age 71)
Soviet war in Afghanistan

Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoy (

Ghilzai
tribe. He is the only politician ever to serve under three heads of state leaders, Ghani and Saleh for Islamic Republic, and Akhundzada for Islamic Emirate (Taliban).

History

Daoud Sultanzoy was born 13 September 1952 in Kabul.

McDonnell-Douglas Corporation Training Center. He held an aircraft Airline Transport Pilot diploma (equivalent to MA/MS) and was certified to fly more than eight types of jet aircraft with more than 32000 hours of flying worldwide.[3]

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 and in management for United Airlines. He actively participated in Afghan political and civil circles during the 1980s and 1990s.[3]

Daoud Sultanzoy returned to Afghanistan following 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, India, Russia, Iran, China, the US and many other European and Asian countries.[3]
Gave lectures and seminars in European think tanks in Germany, France, Italy, The European Union, India.

More recently, Sultanzoy hosted a show on

Tolo TV,[3] and ran in the 2014 Afghan presidential election
.

He was headed the Afghan Airfields Economic Development Commission (AAEDC).

On 1 April 2020, he was appointed as the Mayor of Kabul by President Ashraf Ghani.[4]

On 15 August 2021, after Fall of Kabul of 2021, Daoud Sultanzoy has released a video in which he said that the Taliban leadership contacted him and asked him to continue working as Mayor of Kabul Municipality and "to provide the necessary services to the people"[5] The Taliban named a replacement mayor on 24 August, Hamdullah Nomani.

References

  1. Navy Postgraduate School. 2007. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 11 December 2009.
  2. ^ "Mohammad Dawood Dawoud Daoud Sultanzoi". www.afghan-bios.info. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Daoud Sultanzoy". .:: Elections 2014 ::. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoy appointed as Kabul Mayor" (Press release). 1 April 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  5. ^ "د کابل ښاروال وايي چې طالبانو ترې غوښتي کار ته ادامه ورکړي". 15 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.


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