Daudzai

Mohammad Omar Daudzai ( - born October 12, 1957) is a leading  Politician in Afghanistan, most recently having served as the Minister of Interior during the challenging 2014 electoral year (September 2013 to October 2014). He is credited for ably managing the security arrangements of the two rounds of 2014 elections, and the risk of post-election violence. After a career with international non-governmental organizations including the United Nations Development Program in Geneva, Daudzai started work as two term Chief of Staff of Afghan President Hamid Karzai from 2003 to 2005 and then from 2007 to around 2010. From 2005 until 2007, President Karzai appointed him as Afghan Ambassador in Iran. He then served as Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, tasked with advancing efforts to reach a political solutions to the war in Afghanistan. Noted amongst the strong potential successors to President Karzai, in September 2013 he was asked to serve as Afghan Minister of the Interior in Kabul and instead ensure security for the elections.