Afghan Biographies

Safari, Eng. Sohrab Ali, Safary


Name Safari, Eng. Sohrab Ali, Safary
Ethnic backgr. Hazara
Date of birth 1945
Function/Grade Ex Ambassador
History and Biodata

2. Previous Functions:
Minister Public Works (2007),
Former Deputy Ministers of Public Works (2010),
Ambassador to Kazakhstan MoFA (20140203)

3. Biodata
safari_sohrab_aliEng. Sohrab Ali Safari, son of Haji Safar, was born on July 5th, 1945 in the Behsood District of Maidan in Wardak Province. He obtained his primary education in his district and secondary and secondary education in Kabul city at the Technology Institute of Afghanistan in 1957. From 1961 to 1965, he served on the Engineering Faculty of Kabul University. He earned a doctorate degree in Engineering from the Godseng Poly Technique in Poland. Sohrab Ali Safari is fluent in Dari, Pashto, English and Polish and knows a little German. Safari is a member of the Hazara from the central Afghan Behsood region in Wardak Province. After studying in Poland in the early 1980s Safari, who holds a doctorate in engineering, went into exile in Hamburg, where he opened a grocery shop. He moved to the United States in 1986 but retained his German citizenship.

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