Omar Samad

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Omar Samad is the current Ambassador of Afghanistan to Canada. Previous to this title, he was spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul.

From 1980-1982, he was the President of the Afghan Student Association, Virginia, USA. After that, he immediately became the President of the Afghan Youth Council in America from 1982-1989. In 1986, he moved on to study at American University in Washington, D.C., where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and International Affairs. He earned a Master's degree from The Fletcher School at Tufts University, Medford, MA in International Relations in 2006.

By 1996, he started became the executive producer of the Azadi Afghan Radio and its website, based out of America. When the September 11th incident happened, he quit that position to become a commentator and analyst for CNN during Bonn Accords on Afghanistan. He also made numerous appearances on the BBC, FOX, MSNBC and major international television and radio programs. He has commented and reported extensively about Afghanistan in English, French and Persian.

He also worked in the IT field for many years.

Omar is married to Korshied. The couple recently had a baby boy, Soleiman Aryan, at the Ottawa Civic Hospital on August 2, 2006.