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Farkhunda Zahra Naderi

Farkhunda Zahra Naderi
Farkhunda Zahra Naderi at her office desk in Kabul.
Senior Advisor to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani
Personal details
Born Farkhunda Zahra Naderi
(1981-04-19) April 19, 1981 (age 36)
Nationality Afghan
Political party National Solidarity Party of Afghanistan
Father Sayed Mansur Naderi
Residence Taimani, Kabul, Afghanistan
Awards N Peace Award 2012
Website Farkhunda Zahra Naderi website

Farkhunda Zahra Naderi (Dari: فرخنده زهرا نادری) is an Afghan politician. She is the senior advisor to president Mohamamd Ashraf Ghani in United Nations Affairs. Naderi was appointed at this position via presidential decree released in December 2016. She previously served as a member of Afghanistan National Council from 2010 to 2015 who was elected as member of Afghan Parliament in 2010 Afghan Parliamentary Election. She was the only female representative from Afghanistan who participated in three consecutive Chantilly Conferences at Paris in 2010 and 2012.

Naderi was awarded the N-Peace (United Nations Development Program) Award in July 2012.

In March 2013, Naderi obtained the membership of third Standing Committee (Human Rights & Democracy) of Inter-Parliamentary Union in an election process at IPU's 128th Assembly held in Ecuador. In the election between Afghanistan, Australia and Iran representatives, Naderi got 28 votes out of 52, while the Australian and Iranian parliamentarians got 20 and 3 votes respectively. She was elected as President of the third Standing Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in March 2014 at the 130th Assembly of IPU. In December 2016, she was appointed a senior advisor to President Ashraf Ghani on United Nations affairs.

Naderi was born on April 19, 1981. She is the daughter of Sayed Mansoor Naderi, the leader of Afghan Baghlan Ismailis.

Naderi attended primary and secondary school in Baghlan and Kabul provinces and completed her baccalaureate at Harrow College at Harrow, London in 2001. She studied Law at Westminster International University in Tashkent and graduated with a B.A degree from the same university in 2007.


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