Ghulam Farooq Wardak
Ghulam Farooq Wardak | |
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Wardak in 2011 | |
| Minister of Education | |
| In office 11 October 2008 – April 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Hanif Atmar |
| Succeeded by | Assadullah Hanif Balkhi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1959 Wardak Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Political party | Hezbi Islami |
| Alma mater | Preston University |
Ghulam Farooq Wardak (born 1959) is a politician in Afghanistan, formerly serving as the Minister of Education. He was appointed to that position by Afghan President Hamid Karzai on October 11, 2008. On June 2022, Farooq Wardak was returned to Afghanistan after temporary self-exile following the Taliban takeover of the country in August 2021.