Afghan Biographies

Osmani, Ali Ahmad


Name Osmani, Ali Ahmad
Ethnic backgr. Hazara
Date of birth 1972
Function/Grade Dr. Abdullah Abdullah's Campaign Chief
History and Biodata

2. Previous Functions Ali Ahmad Osmani:
Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of Herat University
Project Manager of Project for Assessing the Needs and Needs of Badghis Province Provinces
Head of Procurement of Herat Field Project Shindand Institute and Border Police Projects
Coordinator of EU and World Food Assistance Funds at the Institute (CHA) in the western provinces of Afghanistan
Minister of Water and Energy (20150418-20180609 fired)
Head of Dr. Abdullah Abdullah’s electoral campaign team (20200223)
3. Biodata:
Ali Ahmad Osmani Ali Ahmad Usmani son of Haji Shah Ahmad was born in 1972 in Herat city. He went to high school in Iran and returned to do his BA at the Engineering Faculty of Herat University. In 2000, he was hired as an engineer for the Food for Work Program of the World Food Program (WFP) where he soon became project coordinator. He started teaching at the Engineering Faculty. In 2007, he got his MA in Hydraulic Engineering from Ferdousi University of Mashhad, Iran. In 2008, he left his teaching job and joined Banat a private company. Since 2012, he is teaching in private universities in Kabul. Usmani formerly served as coordinator for European Union programs in Western Afghanistan and taught at Herat University.

Ali Ahmad Osmani has been picked as Water and Energy Minister.(20150321) He was confirmed by Wolesi Jirga.  (20150418)


Ali Ahmad Osmani got a 124 vote of confidence on Jan 1, 2018  after MPs called for his impeachment due to his alleged poor performance in the ministry.. Osmani was summoned to parliament for spending less than 60% of the budget and allegations of illegal hiring in the ministry.
Osmani got 124 votes of confidence, 36 votes of rejection, six invalid votes and one blank vote.(20180101)
 

Osmani was expected in Balkh’s Khulm and Marmul districts for the inauguration of two electricity projects when security officials at the airport stopped him from boarding a flight. Ministry sources speaking on condition of anonymity said security officials reportedly acted against Osmani on the orders of the Presidential Palace. Based on Ariana News findings, ARG’s travel ban-order against Usmani came after the Minister was about to leave Kabul for inauguration of power stab-station in Khulm district  of northern Balkh province. (20180524)

Sources from the Ministry of Energy and Water say relations between Ghani and Osmani have been strained for a while due to a rift between the minister and Mohammad Humayun Qayumi, one of the president’s advisors.(20180609)

 

Ali Ahmad Usmani was sacked as energy minister before Eid but the CEO ordered him to continue his job. A day after the announcement of his dismissal, the sacked minister signed the contract of Daikundi solar power project that worth more than 13 million USD. Apparently, the relations between President Ashraf Ghani and Minister Osmani have been deteriorated after he has refused to work under the supervision of an adviser to the President.  Sources from the Ministry of Energy and Water say relations between Ghani and Osmani have been strained for a while due to a rift between the minister and Mohammad Humayun Qayumi, one of the president’s advisors. The sources also said that Ghani stopped meeting with Osmani and that all affairs of the ministry were being run by his adviser – Qayumi.
 

A government source on Monday June 25, 2018 confirmed about the appointment of Usmani as advisor to CEO. After his sacking, the ex-minister’s office was sealed. The Chief Executive has offered him two positions, Afghanistan’s ambassador abroad or adviser to the Chief Executive, but he hasn’t responded to any of the two offers yet.(20180625)

Dr. Abdullah Abdullah's Campaign Chief Ali Ahmad Osmani says the president's team has put pressure on the IEC to include votes that were cast outside of the authorized polling times during Presidential Election 2018 along with other irregularities with the new biometric voting system.(20191128)

 

Osmani said that he was stopped at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul for 15 minutes and the airport officials “asked me” to leave the plane and “told me that I was not allowed to fly to Herat province.” He said that he wanted to attend a wedding party of one of his relatives in the province.(20200223)


He speaks Dari and English.

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