Afghan Biographies

Hayat, Hayatullah


Name Hayat, Hayatullah
Ethnic backgr. Pashtun
Date of birth
Function/Grade Chairman Civil Society Coordination Center (CSCC)
History and Biodata

2. Previous Functions:
Country Director for Danish De-mining Group (DDG)
UN Mine Action Center as Regional Coordinator for the Western Region (1996 – 2000).  
Executive Director of the Organization for Social Development and Legal Rights (OSDLR)(2012)
Afghanistan's Civil Society Coordination Center (CSCC) spokesman (20120611)
Civil Society Coordination Center (CSCC) Head (20131028)

3. Biodata:
Hayatullah Hayat lives in Kabul. He holds a MBA in General Management from Preston University Islamabad, a BA in English from Peshawar University, and a BA in Political Science in Progress from Ariana University, Nangarhar. He works in Kabul as the Executive Director of the Organization for Social Development and Legal Rights (OSDLR) and Speaker of the Civil Society Coordination Center (CSCC). In the past he has worked as Country Director for Danish De-mining Group (DDG) and with the UN Mine Action Center as Regional Coordinator for the Western Region. He is working under the CSCC umbrella and has presented at several international conferences in India, Thailand, Pakistan, and at the 2006 London Conference in the UK. At the London Afghanistan Conference in December 2014, Hayatullah Hayat, as a member of the secretariat of the civil society joint working group, said pledges from both the international community and the Afghan government were promising. “But what we are emphasising is that we want these commitments to be in practice … we want the government, as soon as we go back, to put into practice all these things and we want the international community to support them,” said Hayat.(20141204)

Last Modified 2015-01-24
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