Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09CANBERRA278
2009-03-20 06:17:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Canberra
Cable title:
CANDIDATE FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION EMERGES
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UNCLAS CANBERRA 000278
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL AF AS
SUBJECT: CANDIDATE FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION EMERGES
FROM AUSTRALIA
UNCLAS CANBERRA 000278
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL AF AS
SUBJECT: CANDIDATE FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION EMERGES
FROM AUSTRALIA
1. (SBU) Abdul Khaliq Fazal advised Embassy of his plan to
run in Afghanistan's August Presidential election. Mr. Fazal
has a heart condition and is currently awaiting his doctor's
permission to travel to Afghanistan to contest the election.
2. (SBU) According to his curriculum vitae, Mr. Fazal was
born in Kandahar in 1951 and is a dual citizen of Afghanistan
and Australia. He served as Campaign advisor to President
Hamid Karzai during the 2004 Presidential Election Campaign.
He was also Minister of Public Works in the Afghan Interim
Government (2001-2004) and President of the Evaluation
Commission for State Owned Enterprises in the Afghanistan
Islamic Transitional Government (2002-2004). Mr. Fazal was a
member of the First Loya Jirga in 2002, the Constitution Loya
Jirga in 2004, and the Afghan/Pak Joint Peace Jirga in 2007.
He has been politically active in Australia since the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan and has been Chairman of the Afghan
Australian Association of Victoria since 1977. He is fluent
in English, Pashto, Dari and Farsi. Currently, Mr. Fazal is
the Managing Director of A.K. Fazal - Social Services and
Consulting Co. in Melbourne, Australia, offering immigration,
business investment and financial advisory services. Mr.
Fazal began undergraduate studies at the University of
Melbourne in 1974, with continued post-graduate work at the
University of Melbourne, the Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology and Monash University. Since 1980, Mr. Fazal has
held various consulting positions with the Communities
Services Government of Victoria, Australia and the Department
of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Australia.
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SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV PREL AF AS
SUBJECT: CANDIDATE FOR AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION EMERGES
FROM AUSTRALIA
1. (SBU) Abdul Khaliq Fazal advised Embassy of his plan to
run in Afghanistan's August Presidential election. Mr. Fazal
has a heart condition and is currently awaiting his doctor's
permission to travel to Afghanistan to contest the election.
2. (SBU) According to his curriculum vitae, Mr. Fazal was
born in Kandahar in 1951 and is a dual citizen of Afghanistan
and Australia. He served as Campaign advisor to President
Hamid Karzai during the 2004 Presidential Election Campaign.
He was also Minister of Public Works in the Afghan Interim
Government (2001-2004) and President of the Evaluation
Commission for State Owned Enterprises in the Afghanistan
Islamic Transitional Government (2002-2004). Mr. Fazal was a
member of the First Loya Jirga in 2002, the Constitution Loya
Jirga in 2004, and the Afghan/Pak Joint Peace Jirga in 2007.
He has been politically active in Australia since the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan and has been Chairman of the Afghan
Australian Association of Victoria since 1977. He is fluent
in English, Pashto, Dari and Farsi. Currently, Mr. Fazal is
the Managing Director of A.K. Fazal - Social Services and
Consulting Co. in Melbourne, Australia, offering immigration,
business investment and financial advisory services. Mr.
Fazal began undergraduate studies at the University of
Melbourne in 1974, with continued post-graduate work at the
University of Melbourne, the Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology and Monash University. Since 1980, Mr. Fazal has
held various consulting positions with the Communities
Services Government of Victoria, Australia and the Department
of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs, Australia.
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