Pohanyar Dr. Mohammed Umar Samim
Mobile: 070 402943 and 0799 360 696

2. Previous Functions:
Provincial Council Member Herat 2005,
Meshrano Jirga Member 2005 Herat elected 

3. Biodata:
Pohanyar (Asistant Professor) Al-Haj Dr. Mohammed Umar Samim, son of Haji Noor Ahmad, was born in 1961 in the village of Rowza in Guzara district of Herat province. He completed his primary and secondary education at Wazir Akhbar Khan High School. He graduated with high scores in 1978. He received his degree from the Faculty of Medicine at Kabul University, where he studied between 1979 and 1985. From 1986 to 1991, Samim worked for Swedish organization based in Peshawar, Pakistan. He established basic health clinics in remote areas under mujahideen control in Herat. Between 1992 and 1993, Samim worked as a doctor at the internal ward of Herat regional hospital, and from 1993 to 1995 served as a senior doctor in the same hospital. From 1996 to 1998, he headed the Noor Hospital in Herat. From 2001 to 2004, he worked as the director of the Department of Public Health in Herat. From 1992 to 2005, in addition to his practice, he taught at the Faculty of Medicine at Herat University. He also founded a health magazine called “Health Message.” During his 20 years of service, Samim participated in 21 conferences, workshops and academic seminars. He has participated in the following conferences Health management system in 1998 at Agha Khan University, Tropical diseases in 2003 at Shiraz University, Community-based response on HIV/AIDS at Chaing Mai University in Thailand and Encouraging public cooperation for blood donation in 2003 in Zurich, Switzerland. He has also participated in locally-organized workshops and seminars on planning, basic medicine, tuberculosis, nutrition, psychological problems, management, budgeting and finance in Kabul, Jalalabad and Herat between 1993 and 2004. In 1993 he received a second-class letter of appreciation. In 2003 and 2004, he also received third-class letters of appreciation from the Ministry of Public Health. He has published a book on digestive system diseases, a subject taught at the Faculty of Medicine at Heart University. Samim was an elected representative to the Emergency Loya Jirga. He was indirectly elected to the Meshrano Jirga through the 2005 Provincial Council elections in Herat.

He is not a member of any political party.

He is married and has six children.