Afghan Biographies
Tamana, Faramaz Dr.
Name | Tamana, Faramaz Dr. |
Ethnic backgr. | Tajik |
Date of birth | 1977 |
Function/Grade | Candidate 2019 Presidential Election |
History and Biodata |
2. Previous Functions: Dr. Faramarz Tamanna, son of Abdul Karim and Rahima Amirzada, was born 1977 in Herat. He completed the elementary school in Herat, secondary school in Tehran, and the final years of high school in Mawlana Abdul Rahman Jami School back in Herat. He took the university entrance exam in 1994 and was admitted to the Faculty of Economics at Herat University. After the Taliban’s invasion of Herat, he transferred to Kabul University and received a degree in Economics. When Taliban took over Kabul, he moved back to his hometown, Herat. In 1997, he was granted a scholarship from the Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences in Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran. He started a second bachelor’s degree, but this time in Political Science. He received his BA in 2001, and started his graduate studies at the same university in 2003. He received his BA in 2001, and started my graduate studies at the same university in 2003. He received an MA in International Relations in 2006. His thesis was titled: “The United States Strategies to Combat Terrorism: The Case of Post-9/11 Afghanistan.”
In 2006, after several examinations and interviews, he was admitted to the PhD program in International Relations at Tehran University on a scholarship from Afghanistan. He was studying there till 2010, when he wrote his doctoral dissertation on “India-Pakistan Disputes and their Impact on the Continuation of Insecurity in Afghanistan after the Deposition of Zahir Shah.”
When he returned to Afghanistan in 2010, he intended to continue his academic life as a postdoctoral scholar. He was not able to find a suitable postdoctoral position in any of the universities in the region. As a result, he submitted his application for a second PhD to the School of International Studies (SIS) of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in India. He went through several exams and interviews again to enter a PhD program in Security Studies. In 2014, he defended his dissertation on “Security Problem in Afghanistan: A Study of Domestic Factors” using a theoretical approach to Constructivism.
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Last Modified | 2019-12-09 |
Established | 2019-01-18 |