Minister of Work, Social Affairs, Martyred, and Disabled Noor Mohammad Qarqeen 

Minister Noor Mohammad Qarqeen was born in Jowzjan Province in 1954.  He has a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Kabul University (1978).  He is actively engaged in promoting the study of the Turkmen and Uzbek languages within Afghanistan.  A commissioner of the Emergency Loya Jirga in 2002, he was appointed Minister of Labor and Social Affairs under the Transitional Government.  He resigned in September 2004 to serve as President Hamid Karzai's campaign manager.  He speaks Dari, Pashto, Turkmeni, and Uzbeki.