Syed Gulam Farooq Mirranay
Dr. Syed Ghulam Farooq Mirranay was born in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan in 1950. He is a senior member of the Afghan Social Democratic Party (Afghan Mellat) and was an elected member of the House of the People from 2005 to 2010. Mirranay is the official spokesperson for the Afghan Mellat Party and speaks both official Afghanistan languages, Pashto and Dari, as well as English. Hiss brother, Sayed Yousuf Mirranay, was an Afghan patriot and prominent member of the Afghan Social Democratic Party who disappeared in August 1978 whilst imprisoned by Taraki's communist government. Education Dr. Mirranay graduated from Nangarhar Medical School, Kabul University in 1976 and worked as a medical officer in Kunar Province until the 1978 communist coup. The Saur Revolution Following the Saur Revolution on 28 April 1978, Dr. Mirranay was imprisoned by Taraki's communist government. Upon his release in 1980, Dr. Mirranay fled Afghanistan to a refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan. Dr. Mirranay's two brothers, Sayed Yousuf Mirranay and Sayed Sheerin Mirranay were also imprisoned in 1978, and both disappeared whilst incarcerated. Life in Pakistan Dr. Mirranay worked as a medical officer in Afghani refugee camps in Pakistan from 1980 to 1986 for the United Nations, providing