Sayed Mustafa Kazemi


Sayed Mustafa Kazemi was an Afghan politician. He was born in the Surkhi [Parsa District] of Parwan Province and later studied business for three years in the University of Isfahan in neighboring Iran. In late 2001 he joined the Afghan Interim Administration and became the Ministry of [Commerce and Industry (Afghanistan)|Minister of Commerce and Industry]. He was also one of the leaders and the spokesman for the opposition movement known as the United [National Front (Afghanistan)|United National Front].

Death

On November 6, 2007, Kazemi was amongst a delegation of politicians and lawmakers attending a ceremony to reopen a sugar factory in the city of Puli Khumri when he was killed in a suicide bomb attack.