Afghan Biographies

Mastoor, Mohammad Mustafa Dr


Name Mastoor, Mohammad Mustafa Dr
Ethnic backgr. Tajik
Date of birth 1968
Function/Grade Ex Minister of Economy
History and Biodata

2. Previous Functions:
Ministry of Finance Director General (DG) Budget (200506-200901)
Director of Grant and Contract Management of (MOPH) (200304-200506)
Ministry of Finance Deputy Minister for Finance (20141211)
acting Minister of Finance Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor (20141212)
Minister of Economy (20170807, 20171204 confirmed, 20200913)

3.Biodata:
mastoor_mustfaDr Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor Mostafa Mastour was born in 1968 in Kabul city. He has been graduated from Military High School in 1986. He has MD Degree from Medical Faculty of Kabul University in 1992, (E.MBA) in Management from Preston University Peshawar Campus - Pakistan in 2002, and M.Sc. Health System Management (Distance Learning) at London School for Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is in the Progress.

Dr. Mastoor has participated in following academic trainings and workshops. Treasury and Budget Management (IMF, Beirut), Budgeting and Public Financial Management (World Bank, Washington), Public Financial Management and Business Communication (BRAC, Kabul), Effective Communication (UNICEF, Kabul), Flagship course In Health System Management (World Bank, Kabul), Economic Analysis of Development Project, (EC, Kabul), World Bank Procurement Rules and Regulations in Grants/Credits and Loans Since 2000, he has worked extensively in the fields of Financial Management, Public Health, Procurement, General Management, Aid Management, Policy and  Strategy Development and Public Finance in different International and national agencies within the country. He has performed as Comprehensive Disabled Afghan’s Program (CDAP) Manager / Coordinator from Oct 2000- April 2003 in the Swedish Committee for Afghanistan (Main office). Dr. Mastoor has the active membership of several regional and international economic 26 development organizations, such as: Public Finance Management Joint Venture for Aid Effectiveness, OECD, Paris, France. Member of Working Groups of Capacity Building. Managing for Development Results (MfDR). Aid Effectiveness in OECD-DAC working party for Aid Effectiveness, Paris, France. Board of directors, SANDUQ, MADERA (a French NGO mainly working in Microfinance, Afghanistan). Board of Directors, Governance Institute, a Private Educational Institute, Kabul, Afghanistan. Board of Directors, SAARC Development Fund (SARRC, Nepal).

Mustafa Mastoor was approved as the minister of economy by receiving 155 confidence votes. (20171204)

Mustafa Mastoor claimed that the withholding of contracts is part of a system whereby ministries cannot spend their budgets, so at the end of the year the remaining funds get allocated to an emergency fund, whose use has little or no accountability.(20190924)

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has picked former economy minister Mustafa Mastoor for the Minister of Peace Affairs post, but Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai  has opposed to this decision.  The disagreements have also delayed the appointment of members of the High Council for National Reconciliation – a government institution that was formed based on a political agreement between Abdullah and Ghani in May 2020. (20200720)

Mastoor is a nephew of the CEO Dr. Abdullah Abdullah.
 

Ghani’s minister of economy, Mustafa Mastoor, owns a condo in a development on the Dubai Marina, according to Dubai records reviewed by sources.

 

 

Last Modified 2022-06-13
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