| Mohammad Sarwar Ahmadzai | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944 (age 67–68) Logar province |
| Nationality | Afghanistan |
Mohammad Sarwar Ahmadzai is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.[1][2][3]
Ahmadzai's family moved to Pakistan in 1979.[1] He acquired education in Pakistan. He earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science at Edwards College, Peshawar. He earned a master's degree in International Relations from the University of Peshawar. He received a law degree from the University of Peshawar's Law College.
He served as chairman of the Afghan Students Union from 1990 to 1996.[1]
Ahmedzai was elected central chairman of the Afghan Students Union (ASU) in 1990.[1] The body comprised all Afghan studying in different Pakistani colleges and universities. The organization served Afghan students at institutions acrss Pakistan. According to a profile prepared by the Pajhwok Afghan News, under his leadership, the organization aided thousands of Afghan students with books. According to the profile Ahmedzai led two delegations to Afghanistan, in 1993 and 1994, to try to mediate between the warring factions Burhanuddin Rabbani and Gulbadin Hekmatyar, in the civil war that followed the overthrow of the communists regime in 1992. Rabbani and Hekmatya were then the nominal President and nominal Prime Minister of a fractured Afghanistan.
Ahmedzai served on the first Loya Jirga to follow the overthrow of the Taliban in 2002.[1] According to the Pajhwok Afghan News profile, he served as a coalition builder in the Loya Jirga.
According to the Pajhwok Afghan News profile he drafted an important "Afghanistan Country Report – 2009".[1]
During the 2009 Presidential elections he stood 6th in a field of 38.[4]