Yahya Maroofi

Mohammad Yahya Maroofi (or Maroufi) (born March 5, 1939 in Kabul, originally his family is from Kandahar, Afghanistan) was nominated on February 2, 2002, as Special adviser to the Afghan president Hamid Karzai,^[1] President of the Interim Government of Afghanistan. Maroofi has been re-conduct on August 5, 2002 in his position following the re-election of Karzai as President during the Loya Jirga on June 2002. On November 1, 2004, Maroofi served as Ambassador of Afghanistan to Scandinavia, resident in Oslo between 2005 and 2007. From May 2007 to August 2009 he was appointed as Afghan Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran.^[2] Since September 2009 Mr. Yahya Maroofi is Secretary General of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).

Formerly Maroofi has been working as Executive Director for Asia (from 1997 to 2001) and Special Envoy in the International Organization for Migration (OIM) based in Geneva, Switzerland. Maroofi was responsible for dossiers involving Afghan refugees in Iran, Pakistan and Tajikistan as well as for the maintaining of good diplomatic relations between the Organization and the respective Governments. Maroofi started in the Organization for Migrations as a Consultant for refugees matters in Africa after he and his family had left Afghanistan further the Soviet invasion. Maroofi took care of dossiers involving cross border refugees during political crisis in Iraq, Kenya, Tanzania and Somalia from 1985 to 1992. Currently he is the general secretary of Economic Cooperation Organization.

Maroofi started his career in the Afghan diplomatic service where he held numerous positions. His last post was as Director of the Department of International Relations and United Nations Affairs. Further the Soviet invasion, Mr. Maroofi and his family left to Switzerland. Mr. Maroofi is married to Mrs. Soraya Ludin Maroofi and they have two children.

Maroofi graduated in Law from Kabul University, holds a Master degree in International Relations from the University of Sydney and a Master degree in International Law from the Fairleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey.

References

1. ^ Shyam Bhatia (2003). Contemporary Afghanistan: a political dictionary. Har-Anand Publications. p. 57. ISBN 9788124109014. http://books.google.com/books?id=psjHxAuiL78C&pg=PA57&dq=Yahya+Maroofi+karzai#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved 14 December 2010. 
2. ^ "Iranian FM, Afghan Envoy Discuss Expansion of Ties, Cooperation". Fars News Agency. 11 December 2010. http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8909201578. Retrieved 14 December 2010. "Obeid, who used to serve as the head of the Medical Faculty of the Kabul University, replaced Mohammad Yahya Maroufi who was Afghanistan's envoy to Tehran from 2007 to 2009." 

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