10 Facts About Wais Barmak

Wais Ahmad Barmak was born on 1972 and is an Afghan politician who served as the Minister of Interior.

Wais Barmak had graduated from the Department of Architecture at Kabul University.

Wais Barmak then went on to receive an MSc degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.

Wais Barmak was Senior Advisor to the Department of Disaster Management and Preparedness and became a high-level civil servant in the Afghan Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in 2004.

Wais Barmak is said to be an ally of former vice-president Mohammad Fahim.

Wais Barmak was nominated for the position of Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development in January 2010, but his nomination was rejected by the Lower House of Parliament and instead Jarullah Mansouri obtained the position.

In 2014, after the Karzai administration was replaced by the Ashraf Ghani administration, Wais Barmak began serving President Ghani's Special Representative on Humanitarian Affairs.

Wais Barmak became Ghani's advisor in the Northern Zone, tasked to evaluate performance of officials and government agencies and fight corruption.

In October 2015 Wais Barmak became a minister again, when he was appointed to lead the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority, which was being upgraded to ministry.

On 13 August 2017, Wais Barmak was appointed as Afghanistan's Minister of Interior.