Afghan Biographies

Rahin, Sayed Makhdoom Dr. Raheen


Name Rahin, Sayed Makhdoom Dr. Raheen
Ethnic backgr. Tajik
Date of birth 1946
Function/Grade ex Minister
History and Biodata

2. Previous Functions Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Rahin:
Worked in different positions from 1973 to 1980, including as a member of the Faculty of Literature of Kabul University,
Head of the Centre for Kushans at the Ministry of Information and Culture,
Head of Foreign Publications Department of the Ministry of Information and Culture and teacher at the Faculty of Literature of Kabul University.
Director of the Azad Kabul Radio during the era of Jihad,
Member of the Higher Council and Director of the Culture Committee.
Foundation of the Society for Peace and Democracy in Afghanistan in the United States.
Member of the Planning and Executive Committee of the Loya Jirga.
Active role in the Bonn Conference.
Minister for Information and Culture,
Afghanistan's ambassador to India,
Minister of (Information), Culture and Youth (20100103-20140930),
Acting Minister of (Information), Culture and Youth (20141001)

3. Biodata
rahin_sayed_makhdoomDr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen, son of Mir Sharif, he was born in 1946 in Kabul. He obtained a Doctorate in Dari from Kabul. After graduation in Afghanistan, he went to Tehran to get his Masters and Doctorate degrees, and got his PhD from Tehran University in 1973. Afterwards, he served as a lecturer in Kabul university. Then he was the director of Arts and Culture of Information and Culture ministry. Dr. Raheen was one of the members of the drafting of the constitution during the presidency of Daud Khan and participated in the Loya Jirga of 1977. After the Soviet invasion, he migrated to Pakistan and made endeavors for the unity of the Mujahideen. In 1988, he led the National Islamic Movement with other scholars and Jihadi commanders. He founded the Peace and Democracy Association for Afghanistan with the assistance of Afghan intellectuals in 1991 and served as the Director of the organization. In 1998, he was accepted as a member of the executive committee of the Loya Jirga in Rome and participated in all the activities concerning Loya Jirga until the Bonn conference was held in 2002. He visited Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Tajikistan to explain the objective of the emergency Loya Jirga. He is a schiite and belonged to the Rome Group. In some afghan circles (Pashtun National Unity Group) he is seen to be a staunch enemy of Pashtuns, Pashtu, and Pashtun culture.

He was confirmed by Wolesi Jirga 20100103 as Minister of (Information), Culture and Youth.

Raheen seems to have embezzled all or most of a 1 Mio Dollar donation from the Indian Philanthrope Singh, according to three former, senior Ministry of Culture officials who worked for Raheen. (20130809)

Raheen fluently speaks Pashto, Dari, English, Arabic and Urdu languages.

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