History and Biodata |
Please notice: There a two Biodatas about Yama Yari. Scroll down to the end to see the second file.
1. Former Ambassadors to Germany:
Mr. Hamidullah Nasser Zia (2002),
Prof. Dr. Mrs. Maliha Zulfacar (2006 - 2009),
Prof. Dr. Abdul Rahman Ashraf (20101213 - 20131231)
Hamid Sidig (20140826-201612)
Ali Ahmad Jalali (20170105-20180908 sacked)
Abdul Jabar Ariaee, Minister Counsellor (acting 20161214)
Nemat Saier (20200529)
Yama Yari (20200903, 20210203, 20241118 resigned)
Staff as of 20240700:
H.E. YAMA YARI |
Ambassador |
ABDUL BAQI POPAL |
Minister Counselor, chargé d' affaires (20241119) |
NOOR AHMAD SALANGI |
Consul-First Secretary |
NASTARAN BAHEEJ |
Second Secretary |
FARID KHAN ALIZAI |
Second Secretary |
ASEF ABDULLAH |
Second Secretary |
MOHAMMAD NASEEM FAQIRZADA |
Third Secretary |
Staff as of 202100215:
Ambassador: Yama YARI ( 03.02.2021)
Abdul Baqi POPAL (23.09.2020)
Abdul Wahab ARIAN (06.12.2019)
Sultan Hamid YAFTALY (24.12.2019)
Mrs. Nastaran BAHEEJ (15.11.2019)
Mohammad Asif ABDULLAH (20.01.2020)
Mohammad Naseem FAQIRZADA (08.03.2019)
Alam Gul SAHAR (03.04.2018)
Mir Abdul Hadi ANSARI (20.11.2017)
Mohammad Nader ZARGHOONSHAHRY (06.12.2017)
Staff as of 20200408:
Abdul Jabar ARIYAEE
(14.12.2016)
Abdul Wahab ARIAN
(06.12.2019)
Sultan Hamid YAFTALYI. I Secretary (24.12.2019)
Abdul Baset KARIMI II. Sekretary (16.02.2018)
Mrs. Nastaran BAHEEJ II. Sekretary (15.11.2019)
Mohammad Asif ABDULLAH II. Sekretary (20.01.2020)
Mohammad Naseem FAQIRZADA III. Sekretary (08.03.2019)
Alam Gul SAHAR Defense Attaché, (03.04.2018)
Staff as of 20190819):
Abdul Jabar Ariayee (acting 20190000)
Zahir Shah Akbari
Naqibullqh Shafiqzai
Shafiullah Khawari
Abdul Rahim Esmat
Abdul Momen Mashal
Abdul Baset Karimi
Mohammad Naseem Faqirzada
Alam Gul Sahar
Defense Attache:
Mir Abdul Hadi Ansari
Deputy Defense Attache:
Mohammad Nader Zarghoonshahry
Staff as of 20190315:
Counsellor: Zahir Akbari (20161205)
1st Secretary: Naqibullah Shafiqzai (20161107)
2nd Secretary: Abdul Rahim Esmat (20160718)
2nd Secretary: Momen Mashal (20160905)
1st Secretary: Shafiullah Khawari (20171002)
Cultural Attache: Alam Gul Sahar (20180403)
2nd Secretary : Abdul Baset Karimi (20180216)
Military Attache: Col Mir Hadi Ansari (20171120)
Deputy Military Attache: Mohammd Nader Zarghoonsharhry (20171206)
Staff as of 20170819, 20180418:
AMBASSADOR
Ali Ahmad Jalali
Secretary Assistant to the Ambassador
Mrs. Yatri Boether-Schultz
MINISTER COUNSELOR
A. Jabar Ariyaee
COUNSELOR
S. Zahir Akbari
1st SECRETARY
Mrs. Frozan Nawabi
Naqibullah Shafiq
2nd SECRETARY
Abdul Rahim Esmat
Sarajulhaq Saraj
Momen Mashal
3d SECRETARY
MILITARY ATTACHÉ
Colonel M. A. Hadi Ansari
militaerattache(at)botschaft-afghanistan.de
Other Diplomats of the Afghan Embassy in Berlin:
Afghan Embassy Staff as of 20160204:
Hamid SIDIG
Ambassador (02.09.2014)
Mohammad Zarif ASEER
Counsellor, (15.08.2013)
Mrs. Malalai ASEER
Sayed Mansoor SAYED
1st Sekretary, (16.08.2013)
Mrs. Nadia SAYED
Mrs. Frozan NAWABI
1st Sekretary, (21.01.2016)
Mohammad Mehdi YARI
2nd Sekretary (09.01.2013)
Mrs. Sperghei SAFI
Mrs. Samira AMINPUR
2nd Sekretary (06.08.2013)
Asadullah AMINPUR
Abdul Hadi ATTAZADA
3rd Sekretary (01.11.2012)
Frau Fatema ATTAZADA
Defense Attache:
M. Sadiq PASHTON
Verteidigungsattaché (26.03.2012)
Afghan Embassy Staff as of 20140816:
Mohammad Zarif ASEER
Minister Counsellor Charge d´Affaires, (15.08.2013)
Mrs Malalai ASEER
Sayed Mansoor SAYED
I. Sekretär, (16.08.2013)
Mrs Nadia SAYED
Abdul Rahman ABED
II. Sekretär, (04.10.2010)
Mrs Farida ABED
Mohammad Mehdi YARI
II. Sekretär, (09.01.2013)
Mrs Sperghei SAFI
Mrs Samira AMINPUR
II. Sekretär, (06.08.2013)
Asadullah AMINPUR
Abdul Hadi ATTAZADA
III. Sekretär, (01.11.2012)
Mrs Fatema ATTAZADA
Defense Attache:
Mohammad Sadiq PASHTON (26.03.2012)
Former Diplomats:
Abed NADJIB Minister
Counsellor (02.03.2010)
Abdul Samad MROWAT Morwat
1st Secretary (26.09.2009)
Jan Ara MROWAT
Ahmad Roshan ANWARYAR
2nd Secretary, (29.07.2010)
Mrs. Elzbieta NERKOWSKA-ANWARYAR
Abdul Rahman ABED
2nd Sekretär, (04.10.2010)
Mrs. Farida ABED
Mrs. Gulalai MOHTASEBZADAH
2nd Secretary (26.04.2011)
Hasamuddin SHAMS
Mohammad Sadiq PASHTON,
Military Attaché (26.03.2012)
Ahmad Shafiq FAHIM
Deputy Military Attaché (06.11.2002)
More former Diplomats:
Mrs. Fereshta Freshta RAHIMI NEDA Counsellor,
(06.10.2008)
Mr. Mohammad Bashir NEDA
Mr. Habibullah AYUBI II. Secretary,
(05.06.2007)
Mrs. Massouda AYUBI
Mr. Mohammad Hadi AHMADI III. Secretary, (25.01.2008)
Mrs. Zahra REZAIE
Mr. Frydoon AZADZOY Attaché, (19.05.2005)
2. Previous Functions:
Capita Symonds Civil/Railway Engineer (200801-201103)
Waterman Group UK Structural Engineer (200610-200712)
ENGCO (Engineering & Construction) (201104-201203)
Adviser Ministry of Public Works (201204-201303)
Senior Adviser Afghanistan Railway Authority (201303-201410)
Administrative Office of the President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (2014)
Director General of National Procurement Authority Director of National Procurement Office (20140900, 20150823, 20160515, 20170510)
Minister of Public Works (20170807, 20171204 confirmed, 20181200)
Minister of Transport (20181200-20200200)
Ambassador to Germany (20200903, 20210203, 20241118 resigned)
3. Biodata:
Yama Yari was born in Herat in 1982 (other sources say 1980) and came to the United Kingdom in 1999. Education: University of Brighton, BEng, Civil Engineering (2003 – 2006),
Imperial College London, MSc, Engineering & Business Management (2007-2010) He is the co-translator, with Sarah Maguire, of A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear, the second novel by Atiq Rahimi, Afghanistan's most important living novelist (Chatto & Windus, 2006). A Thousand Rooms was long-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.
He worked as an engineer including on the railways in Britain, before returning to Afghanistan to be an advisor at the Ministry of Public Works in 2013.
Yama Yari received 156 confidence votes and was approved by the Lower House lawmakers as Minister of Transport.(20171204)
Yama Yari is said to be one of the close confidants to Ghani.
He speaks Dari and English.
Second Biodata Yama Yari:
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Berlin - Federal Republic of GermanyAmbassador Yama Yari currently serves as The Ambassador and extraordinary of I.R. Of Afghanistan to the Federal Republic of Germany. Most recently served as the Minister of Transport (2018-2020), Minister of Public Works (2017-2018),
He also served as founder and Director General of the National Procurement Authority (2014-2017).
• Member of the High Economic Council (2014-2020),
• Secretariat-General of the National Procurement Commission (2014-2017),
• Senior Advisor at the Afghanistan Railway Authority (2013-2014)
• Advisor to the Minister of Public Works (2012-2013).
As a reformist Minister in the Afghanistan Government’s Cabinet, his strategic vision and leadership, resulted in the biggest administrative and governance reform that led to the restructuring of Afghanistan’s transport sector; where five entities, namely the Ministry of Public Works, Ministry of Transport, Civil Aviation Authority, Railway Authority and Traffic Authority were merged under the new umbrella of Ministry of Transport (MoT).
In his capacity as the Minister of Public Works, his fundamental reforms resulted in an exponential increase in efficiency and budget execution rate of 97.5% for the first time in 17 years. Service delivery, accountability and transparency are the key pillars of his leadership.
In September 2014, Mr. Yari was assigned to the Administrative Office of the President, to spearhead the public procurement reform initiative. This led to the creation of the National Procurement Authority (NPA), the National Procurement Commission (NPC), and the National Procurement Institute (NPI), three of the most successful reform initiatives undertaken by the Government.
As the inaugural Director General of NPA, he successfully brought and implemented essential reforms encompassing legal framework, strategy, policies, mechanisms for capacity development, transparency and accountability within the procurement system that resulted in financial savings of more than USD 200 million.
As an Advisor to the Minister of Public Works, and later as the Senior Advisor to the Afghanistan Railway Authority (ARA), he played a central role in the creation, establishment and development of the ARA where it became a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC) and the Organization for the Cooperation of Railways (OSJD).
Prior to serving in Afghanistan, he worked as a civil and structural engineer in the United Kingdom with internationally reputable companies such as the Waterman Group, Capita Symonds and Crossrail.
In 2016 Mr. Yari was awarded the High State Medal of Honor by President Ghani in recognition of his valuable services and achievements in public sector reform and his efforts in the fight against corruption.
Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA), the most credible civil society organization in the country, named Mr. Yari the Anti-Corruption Champion of the Afghanistan Government in 2018. Mr. Yari’s efforts & collaboration with IWA led to Afghanistan’s membership of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) in 2016/17, an international platform advocating for civic space and cooperation between government and the civil society.
Prior to serving in various capacities in the public sector as a Government official, he worked in the private-sector as the CEO of ENGCO engineering consultancy firm, and as a civil & structural engineer in the UK at Capita Symonds, London Crossrail and Waterman Group (2006 & 2012).
Ambassador Yari was born (1982) in Herat, Afghanistan, where he completed his primary and secondary education. He went to the United Kingdom in 1999 where he completed his tertiary and higher education.
Ambassador Yari holds a Master of Science Degree in Engineering & Business Management from the renowned Imperial College London, and a Bachelor of Civil Engineering (First Class Honours) from the University of Brighton, UK. He was the recipient of the Institute of Civil Engineers (ICE) Prize for his outstanding performance in Civil Engineering studies. |