Masood Dakik

Masood Dakik (born 19 August 1967) is an Afghan Barakzai entrepreneur, lobbyist and economic development specialist.[1]

Masood Dakik
Sultan, Sayyid
Born (1967-08-19) 19 August 1967
Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan
SpousePrincess Nargis bint Assadullah bin Muhammad bin Fazlullah bin Hasan
Issue
  • Prince Raphael
  • Prince Matin
  • Prince Hamid
HouseBarakzai (Telai Cadet Branch)
FatherPrince Abdul Khaliq bin Abdul Qayyum bin Abdulaziz bin Sultan Mohammed
MotherPrincess Rahima bint Muhammad bin Fazlullah bin Hasan
ReligionSunni Islam
OccupationLobbyist, businessman, politician and athlete
Styles of
Sultan Masood
Reference styleHis Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Highness

Early life and career

Dakik was born on 19 August 1967 to father Abdul Khaliq Khan. In 1984, he started attending Lycée Istiqlal.[2]

In an interview, he said that he was admitted to Kabul Medical School, however after his father was imprisoned during the rule of Barbark Karmal, he fled to West Germany[2][3][4] where he took up employment in management.[2] He then became an oil and gas lobbyist.[5][6]

In 2015, he received the lowest rank of Germany's Federal Cross of Merit.[2][7]

In 2022, Dakik was invited by the Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar to advise on economic development, including on the possible rapprochement with the West.[8]

Personal life

In 1996, he married his cousin Nargis Dakik with whom he has three children: Rafael, Matin and Hamind.[2]

References
  1. "Afghan Biographies : Sultan Masood Dakik". Who is who in Afghanistan?. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  2. Hesse, Thomas (2 June 2015). "Der gute Mensch aus Afghanistan" [The good man from Afghanistan]. Rheinische Post (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  3. Klarner, Karl-Heinz (1 July 2016). "Königlicher Besuch in Sangerhausen: Sultan Masood Dakik will Flüchtlingen helfen" [Royal visit to Sangerhausen: Sultan Masood Dakik wants to help refugees]. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  4. "Der königliche Flüchtlingshelfer" [The royal refugee helper]. Schleswig-Holsteiner Zeitung (in German). 19 May 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  5. Aufderheide, Svenja (27 July 2017). "Der neue Coup des Sultans Masood Dakik aus Hamminkeln" [The new coup by Sultan Masood Dakik from Hamminkeln]. NRZ (in German).
  6. "Carbon Farming der Universität Hohenheim: Saudi-arabische Wüste für 10.000 Hektar große Jatropha-Plantage" [Carbon farming at the University of Hohenheim: Saudi Arabian desert for a 10,000-hectare jatropha plantation]. Agrar Presseportal (in German). University of Hohenheim. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  7. "Bekanntgabe der Verleihungen vom 1. April 2015" [Announcement of the awards of April 1, 2015]. Der Bundespräsident (in German). 1 April 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  8. "خبر ارگ- دیدار معاون اقتصادی با سلطان مسعود دقیق یکتن از متخصصین افغان". YouTube.
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