2.Previous Functions: School teacher in Badghis (1985-1995), Business as pharmacist (1996-2001), Mayor of Qalay-i-Naw, Badghis Province (2002-2003), Business as pharmacist again (since 2004) and work for a NGO in Badghis, Wolesi Jirga Member 2005 MP MNA Badghis
3. Biodata: The ethnic Uzbek Mohammad Yaqoub was born 1959. Secondary school in Qalah-e-Naw. Teacher training schools in Herat and Kabul. Leading vote getter in 2005 parliamentary elections in Badghis. Yaqoub describes himself as an politically independent. He is married and has 8 children.
Two oldest sons run an English language and computer center in Herat. |