Mohammad Arif Noorzai

Mohammad Arif Noorzai (born 1959) is the former minister of Border and Tribe Affairs for Afghanistan. He was elected to represent Kandahar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. He is the first deputy speaker of Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga and his current position is the Advisor of President Hamid Karzai for security and tribal affairs^[1] He is a member of the Pashtun ethnic group, and the Noorzai tribe. A report on Kandahar prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School stated he is first deputy speaker, and that he is related to President Hamid Karzai through marriage, and that he is a high school graduate.

Mohammad Arif Khan Noorzai محمد عارف خان نورزی
Piyush Goyal in a bilateral meeting with Mohammad Arif Noorzai (October 2014)
Minister of Water and Energy
In office 28 October 2013 – November 2014
President	Hamid Karzai
Preceded by	Ismail Khan
Succeeded by	Ghulam Faruq Qarizadeh
Member of the House of the People
Incumbent
Assumed office 2005
Constituency	Kandahar Province
Personal details
Born	1959 (age 65–66) Kandahar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Occupation	Legislator, Minister
Known for	Tribal leader

Early life

Mohammad Arif Khan Noorzai محمد عارف خان نورزی was born in 1959 at Kandahar province of Afghanistan. Whilst going to school at the province during his early life, he studied Faculty of Agriculture at Kabul University but was unable to complete his studies due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. His family moved during the war towards Pakistan where they settled before returning to Afghanistan soon after.