Masood Dakik

Masood Dakik
Born (1967-08-19) 19 August 1967 (age 59)
Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan
OccupationsLobbyist, entrepreneur
SpouseNargis bint Assadullah
Parents
  • Abdul Khaliq (father)
  • Rahima bint Muhammad (mother)

Masood Dakik (born 19 August 1967) is a German Afghan entrepreneur and lobbyist.

Early life and career

Dakik was born on 19 August 1967 in Kabul, Afghanistan, to father Abdul Khaliq Khan. In 1984, he graduated from Lycée Esteqlal.

In an interview he said that after being admitted to Kabul Medical School he fled to West Germany, because his father was imprisoned during the rule of Barbark Karmal, where he worked in management. He then became an oil and gas entrepreneur and an anti-Taliban lobbyist.

In 2015 he received the lowest rank of Germany's Federal Cross of Merit.

Personal life

In 1996, he married his cousin Nargis Dakik with whom he has three children.

References

  1. ↑ "Afghan Biographies : Sultan Masood Dakik". Who is who in Afghanistan?. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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.