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'''Ramazan Bashardost''' is a candidate in the | '''Ramazan Bashardost''' is a candidate in the 2009 Afghanistan presidential election, and a member of the Afghan parliament. He is of the Hazara people, but is campaigning as a representative of the entire Afghan people, arguing against warlord and ethnic politics. Originally thought to be a symbolic candidate, recent polls show him in 3rd place, ahead of Ashraf Ghani. <ref name=Time2009-08-16>{{citation | ||
| journal = | | journal = Time (magazine) | ||
| title = The Don Quixote of Afghanistan: A Long Shot's Quest | | title = The Don Quixote of Afghanistan: A Long Shot's Quest | ||
| author = Jason Motlagh | date = 16 August 2009 | | author = Jason Motlagh | date = 16 August 2009 | ||
| url = http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1916541,00.html?iid=tsmodule}}</ref> He earned three master’s degrees and a doctorate in political science at the University of Toulouse in 1995. | | url = http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1916541,00.html?iid=tsmodule}}</ref> He earned three master’s degrees and a doctorate in political science at the University of Toulouse in 1995. | ||
After the Taliban were overthrown, he took a diplomatic post at the Afghan Embassy in Paris, where he had been educated and in 2003 returned home to head the European Affairs Department at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. <ref name=NYT2009-06-20>{{citation | After the Taliban were overthrown, he took a diplomatic post at the Afghan Embassy in Paris, where he had been educated and in 2003 returned home to head the European Affairs Department at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. <ref name=NYT2009-06-20>{{citation | ||
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| title = Corruption Crusader Aims for Afghan Presidency | | title = Corruption Crusader Aims for Afghan Presidency | ||
| author = Adam B. Ellick | | author = Adam B. Ellick | ||
| journal = | | journal = New York Times}}</ref> | ||
In 2004, he was planning minister in the government of | In 2004, he was planning minister in the government of Hamid Karzai. He was highly critical of non-governmental organizations, saying the "majority of them were a source of Afghanistan money drain. He particularly highlighted the hefty amounts paid to the NGO employees and ministers as compared to the average income of less than a dollar average national income." He resigned over this issue. | ||
Presenting himself as a populist, he lives in a tent next to Parliament, and drives a rusting Suzuki "frequently compared to the Mini driven by Mr Bean, a character much loved in Afghanistan". <ref name=Times>{{citation | Presenting himself as a populist, he lives in a tent next to Parliament, and drives a rusting Suzuki "frequently compared to the Mini driven by Mr Bean, a character much loved in Afghanistan". <ref name=Times>{{citation | ||
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| title = Anti-corruption ‘Mr Bean’ candidate Ramazan Bashardost eyes presidency | | title = Anti-corruption ‘Mr Bean’ candidate Ramazan Bashardost eyes presidency | ||
| author = Tom Coghlan | | author = Tom Coghlan | ||
| url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6792705.ece}}</ref> | | url = http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6792705.ece}}</ref> He did win election to Parliament by a large margin. | ||
Some media have called him "Afghanistan's Gandhi", for "his personal integrity, his ascetic style, and inclusive message." He travels without bodyguards; speaking from Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan Province, an area considered dangerous, about which he said "When I travel to the provinces, I personally do not feel insecure. I haven't done anything wrong. I haven't spilled the blood of Afghan people and have neither taken their land by force."<ref name=RFERL>{{citation | |||
| date = 14 August 2009 | |||
| url = http://www.rferl.org/content/Afghan_Gandhi_Running_a_PeopleCentric_Election_Campaign_/1799754.html | |||
| journal = Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty | |||
| author = Abubakar Siddique | |||
| title =Afghan 'Gandhi' Running a People-Centric Election Campaign }}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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 Ramazan Bashardost is a candidate in the 2009 Afghanistan presidential election, and a member of the Afghan parliament. He is of the Hazara people, but is campaigning as a representative of the entire Afghan people, arguing against warlord and ethnic politics. Originally thought to be a symbolic candidate, recent polls show him in 3rd place, ahead of Ashraf Ghani. [1] He earned three master’s degrees and a doctorate in political science at the University of Toulouse in 1995. After the Taliban were overthrown, he took a diplomatic post at the Afghan Embassy in Paris, where he had been educated and in 2003 returned home to head the European Affairs Department at the Foreign Affairs Ministry. [2] In 2004, he was planning minister in the government of Hamid Karzai. He was highly critical of non-governmental organizations, saying the "majority of them were a source of Afghanistan money drain. He particularly highlighted the hefty amounts paid to the NGO employees and ministers as compared to the average income of less than a dollar average national income." He resigned over this issue. Presenting himself as a populist, he lives in a tent next to Parliament, and drives a rusting Suzuki "frequently compared to the Mini driven by Mr Bean, a character much loved in Afghanistan". [3] He did win election to Parliament by a large margin. Some media have called him "Afghanistan's Gandhi", for "his personal integrity, his ascetic style, and inclusive message." He travels without bodyguards; speaking from Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan Province, an area considered dangerous, about which he said "When I travel to the provinces, I personally do not feel insecure. I haven't done anything wrong. I haven't spilled the blood of Afghan people and have neither taken their land by force."[4] References
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