Siddiq Farhang

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Mir Muhammad Siddiq Farhang (* 1914 in Kabul ; † April 1990 ) was an Afghan politician and diplomat .

Life

Siddiq Farhang was the son of Sayyid Habib, a brother of Sayed Qassem Rishtya . Farhang attended the Istiqlal Lycée in Kabul, worked at Bank-i Milli and in 1949 became a member of the city council and deputy mayor of Kabul. From 1951 to 1952 he published the newspaper Watan (Heimat). He was imprisoned twice: in 1933 under the regime of Mohammed Hashim Khan and from 1952 to 1956 under the regime of Mohammed Sahir Shah .

In 1956 he was employed as a consultant in the Mining and Industry Ministry. In 1963 he headed the mining department. From 1964 to 1965 he was Deputy Minister of Planning. From 1964 to 1965 he was a member of the constituent assembly. In 1964 he was appointed a member of the Loja Jirga , where he acted as a substitute member for the fourth constituency of Kabul. In 1965 he became chairman of the legislative committee. From 1972 to 1974 he was ambassador to Belgrade . In February 1980 he became a counselor to Babrak Karmal .

Siddiq Farhang was married and had a daughter and three sons, including Mohammad Amin Farhang , who was doing his doctorate in Cologne and later became Afghan Minister of Trade and Industry. His mother tongue was Dari , he also spoke French, English and Pashto. He left Afghanistan in 1981 and lived in the United States until he had a fatal myocardial infarction .

Fonts

  • Afġānistān dar panǧ qarn-i aẖīr. (Afghanistan in the last five centuries.) 2 volumes, 1992/1995 ( catalog entry )

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Abdullah Qazi: "Mohammad Amin Farhang" ( Memento from September 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), February 4, 2009.
  2. ^ "Farhang, Mir Muhammad Amin (1938–)" , in: Ludwig W. Adamec: Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan , 2012, p. 140.
predecessor Office successor
Attaullah Nasser Zia Afghan ambassador in Belgrade
1972 to 1974 		Muhammad Amin Etemadi
personal data
SURNAME Farhang, Siddiq
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Farhang, Muhammad Siddiq (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Afghan politician and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH April 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Kabul
DATE OF DEATH April 1990