1. Ramazan Bashardost is an Afghan politician who was the former planning minister in Afghanistan and a former member of the National Assembly of Afghanistan.
15 Facts About Ramazan Bashardost
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Ramazan Bashardost was an independent candidate in the 2009 Afghan presidential election.
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Ramzan Bashardost was born in Qarabagh District, Ghazni Province of Afghanistan to a Hazara family.
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Ramazan Bashardost completed his primary and intermediate education in Qarabagh and later in Maimana, capital of Fariyab in northern Afghanistan.
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Months after the 1978 coup d'etat, Ramazan Bashardost left Afghanistan for Iran.
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Ramazan Bashardost finished high school in Iran and then immigrated into Pakistan.
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Ramazan Bashardost wrote his thesis on the UN's role against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
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Ramazan Bashardost has no affiliations with any tribal, military or political party.
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Ramazan Bashardost is in an independent scholar and political activist, well known for his support and defense of human rights.
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Ramazan Bashardost is well known as a prominent voice against the corrupt Afghan authorities of the past three decades, and a bold reformer and critic of the government.
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Ramazan Bashardost was critical of the role played by NGOs and claimed that majority of them were a source of Afghanistan money drain.
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Ramazan Bashardost particularly highlighted the hefty amounts paid to the NGO employees and ministers as compared to the average income of less than a dollar average national income.
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Ramazan Bashardost won the third highest number of votes, which spanned across ethnic and linguistic groups.
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Ramazan Bashardost registered for the presidential election on 7 May 2009.
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Ramazan Bashardost is mostly known for his strong rejection of corruption.