Prof. Dr. Husn Banu Ghazanfar | |
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Husn Banu Ghazanfar in 2010 | |
Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office July 2006 |
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President | Hamid Karzai |
Preceded by | Massouda Jalal |
Personal details | |
Born | February 1, 1957 Balkh Province, Afghanistan |
Religion | Islam |
Prof. Husn Banu Ghazanfar (born: February 1, 1957) is a politician in Afghanistan, serving as the Minister of Women's Affairs. She is also a writer, a poet, and a speaker.
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Ghazanfar, daughter of Abdul Ghafar, was born in Balkh Province on February 1, 1957. She graduated from Sultan Razia High School in Mazar-e-Sharif and obtained her BA and Master's degree on Literature and Sociology from Stawarpool Qafqaaz. In around 1983 she was involved in Kabul University's Literature Faculty program. About two years later, she went to Petersburg, Russia, to obtain her Doctrine on Philology. An ethnic Uzbek,[1] she is fluent in Dari (Persian), Pashto, Uzbek, Russian, and she knows a little Turkish and English.[2]
In 2003, she was appointed as the Head of the Literature Faculty. In July 2006, Ghazanfar received vote of confidence from the National Assembly of Afghanistan (Parliament) to become Minister of Women's Affairs.
Ghazanfar has also worked as:
She has written a number of scientific articles and essays, which have been published in the national and international newspapers. She is also a poet and writes works of literature, her books are The Human Fate, Predations in the 21st Century, The Secrets of Beauty and Attraction. The book Self Realization was translated by her.
Preceded by Massouda Jalal |
Minister of Women's Affairs of Afghanistan July 2006- |
Succeeded by |