Ministry of Information and Culture (Afghanistan)

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The Afghan Ministry of Information and Culture is the Afghan Government Ministry in charge of Culture, Tourism, Publishing Affairs and Youth Affairs. The ministry is currently led by Minister of Economy Sayed Makhdoom Raheen.^[1]

Ministers

Prof Dr. Abdul Rahim Nevin (نوین)	July 17, 1973- April 28, 1978	Dr. Nevin was appointed by President Daoud Khan as the first Information and Culture Minister of the Republic of Afghanistan.
Saeed Makhdoom Rahim	December 2001 - March 2006	Founder of the Association for Peace and Democracy for Afghanistan (APDA) Did not receive enough votes of confidence in the Afghan Parliament and had to resign
Abdul Karim Khoram	March 2006 - January 2010
Sayed Makhdoom Raheen	January 2010 – present	Returned as Minister of Information and Culture after being Afghan Ambassador to India and this time received enough votes of confidence

External links

Official Website Ministry of Information and Culture

References

↑ Minister's Biography