Shahmahmood Miakhel
شاه محمود میاخېل
First Deputy/Acting Defense Minister
Acting
In office
July 2020 – March 2021
PresidentAshraf Ghani
Succeeded byMohammad Fazl
Nangarhar
Gouverneur
In office
February 2019 – July 2020
PresidentAshraf Ghani
Preceded byHayatullah Hayat
Succeeded byZia-Ul Haq Amarkhil
Ministry of Interior Affairs (Afghanistan)
Deputy Minister of Interior
In office
28 January 2003 – 27 September 2005
PresidentHamid Karzai
MinisterAli Jalali
Personal details
BornKunar, Afghanistan
CitizenshipUS citizen
Children7
AwardsWazir Akbar Khan medal

Shahmahmood Miakhel (also spelled Shah Mahmood Miakhel; *01.05.1958 in Kunar, Afghanistan) (Pashto: شاه محمود میاخېل) is an Afghan politician.

He was the appointed ambassador for Afghanistan to Qatar before the Taliban overthrew the government.[1][2] During the reign of Ashraf Ghani, he was considered one of the most influential politicians.[3]

Life

Miakhel earned his Master of Business Administration from Preston University in Pakistan. He also studied agriculture at Kabul University and completed a fellowship program at Stanford University on democracy, development and the rule of law.[4] He has been a member of numerous NGOs and government organizations, including UN sub-organizations.[5][6]

Political career

General Austin Scott Miller, with Afghan Acting Defense Minister Shahmahmood Miakhel, participated in the change of command of 209 Shaheen Corps in Mazar-i Sharif, Balkh province on 11th January 2022.

From 2005 to 2009, he was governance advisor/head of the governance unit of the United Nations Assistance Mission (UNAMA) for Afghanistan.

Miakhel first gained notoriety as Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Interior in 2003 to 2005.[7][8] From September 2009 to February 2019, he served as Country Director at the United States Institute of Peace. He gained a high-profile[9] and popularity especially among the population[10] through the confidence[11] of former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who appointed him as governor in Nangarhar.[12][13]

Also during his time in Nangarhar, he succeeded in becoming the first governor in history[14] to ban and sanction foreign currencies. He banned the circulation of Pakistani rupees in Nangarhar after they had been used as Afghan currency in the local market for four decades.[15] Since December 12, 2019, it was forbidden to pay with Rupee or other to pay foreign currencies.[16] According to Afghan statistics, at the time, Nangarhar province was safer than it had ever been.[17][18]

After his voluntary[19] resignation, he was tagged as deputy defense minister.[20] Due to a prolonged illness of the Defense Minister Asadullah Khalid,[21] Shahmahmood Miakhel became acting Minister of Defense. He served from March 11, 2021, to June 25, 2021, and resigned due to internal issues.[22] Miakhel was to be sent to Qatar as ambassador to also participate in the Taliban peace talks.

Private life

Miakhel is married with seven (4 boys and 3 girls) children and holds U.S. citizenship. Miakhel is known for engaging with citizens and critics on social media like Facebook on a daily basis and fighting corruption.[23] He advocates for women's rights[24][25] and is an opponent of the current Afghan Taliban government.[26] He has survived several attacks.[27]

References

  1. ↑ Afghanistan: What happens next? | Shahmahmood Miakhel.
  2. ↑ "Afghanistan: What happens next? | Shahmahmood Miakhel". Listen Notes. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "Darum ist Afghanistan so schnell gefallen". www.t-online.de (in German). Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  4. ↑ González, Roberto J. (1 April 2004). Anthropologists in the Public Sphere: Speaking Out on War, Peace, and American Power. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70169-4.
  5. ↑ Whitlock, Craig; Post, The Washington (31 August 2021). The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-9821-5900-9.
  6. ↑ Mcfate, Montgomery (17 December 2020). Considering Anthropology and Small Wars. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-22528-0.
  7. ↑ "Shahmahmood Miakhel". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "WION Global Summit 2022: Money spent on war should be spent on peace instead, says Afghan ex-minister". WION. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "حيات الله حيات د کندهار او شاه محمود مياخېل د ننګرهار والیان ټاکل شوي | آوا". افغان غږ خبری آژانس (آوا) (in Pashto). 4 February 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  10. ↑ Zarifi, Yousuf (5 April 2020). "Some officials, MPs want their kin to skip quarantine: Miakhel". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  11. ↑ "Nangarhar, Kandahar provinces get new governors". The Frontier Post. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  12. ↑ Johnson, Thomas H.; Adamec, Ludwig W. (15 May 2021). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-4929-4.
  13. ↑ Zarifi, Yousuf (18 March 2020). "Nangarhar governor Miakhel". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "د ننګرهار پر والي برید کوونکي ځانمرګی بریدګر نیول شوی دی |". monitor.af. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  15. ↑ Zarifi, Yousuf (11 December 2019). "Strict plan on cards to promot afghani in Nangarhar". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  16. ↑ zarifi, Yousaf (24 December 2019). "Afghani gains value after ban on foreign banknotes in Nangarhar: Nawsher". Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "شاه محمود میاخېل: سوله باید د اساسي قانون چوکاټ کې تامینه شي". طلوع‌نیوز (in Pashto). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  18. ↑ 克雷格．惠特洛克 (23 March 2022). 阿富汗文件: 從911反恐開戰到全面撤軍，阿富汗戰爭真相揭密 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 讀書共和國╱黑體文化. ISBN 978-626-95589-8-8.
  19. ↑ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "د ډاکتر ناکامورا د وژنې په تړاو دوه تورن کسان نیول شوي | DW | 09.12.2019". DW.COM (in Pashto). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  20. ↑ "consolation and visitation of the First Deputy Minister of Defense from ANDSF injuries at the Regional Hospital of Herat province! | Ministry of Defense". mod.gov.af. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  21. ↑ "Shah Mahmood Miakhel First Deputy Minister of Defense visits Herat province! | Ministry of Defense". mod.gov.af. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  22. ↑ "Meeting with the 1st Deputy Defence Minister S. Miakhel". www.mzv.cz. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  23. ↑ "Archives". DawatMedia24. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  24. ↑ awec. "INTRODUCTION OF ADVOCACY GROUP to GOVERNOR". AWEC. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  25. ↑ "سید شاه محمود میاخېل د ننګرهار والي په توګه دنده پیل کړه | آریانا نیوز". www.ariananews.af (in Pashto). 9 February 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  26. ↑ Sehri, Inam R. (9 June 2022). The History of a Disgraceful Surrender (2021). Grosvenor House Publishing. ISBN 978-1-80381-129-1.
  27. ↑ Lee, Jonathan L. (8 March 2022). Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1-78914-019-4.
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