Dr. Faramarz Tamanna (, born in Herat, Afghanistan) is a postdoctoral fellow and visiting professor at the University of Ottawa."University of Ottawa" He is also a writer, an Afghan politician and the chancellor of the University of Afghanistan in Kabul."Afghanistan institute for strategic studies" Retrieved on 27 July 2014. He was director general of the Center for Strategic Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)."Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan"" Retrieved on 27 July 2014. He holds a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (New Delhi, India) in International Studies.
Before being a presidential candidate, Tamanna worked as the director general of the Centre for Strategic Studies of the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Before that, was the deputy spokesperson at this ministry. He has held other positions in Afghan diplomatic missions, including Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) abroad. He has also taught at several universities.
Tamanna also registered as a candidate for the 2019 Afghan presidential elections. Tamanna finished fifth in the elections. His campaign slogan was "Wisdom and Development". He gave a series of television interviews.
He is the author of five books (Afghanistan's Foreign Policy on Regional Cooperation, US Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan, Afghanistan's Peace and Security Dilemma, Political Development in Afghanistan, and Foreign Policy of Afghanistan: Dynamism, Scope and Actions) and tens of articles covering security and international relations."Speaker information in an event of "Afghanistan after 2014: Opportunities and Challenges"" Retrieved on 25 July 2014.
Education Faramarz is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Ottawa. He earned his PhD in international Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India in November 2014. He took his MA in International Relations from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran.
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