Muhammad Dawood Sultanzoy

Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoy (; born 13 September 1952), is an Afghan politician, pilot and television presenter who served as Mayor of Kabul from 2020 to 2021; the Fall of Kabul occurred during his incumbency. He was previously elected to represent Ghazni Province in Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. He is a Pashtun from the Ghilzai tribe. He is the only politician ever to serve under three heads of state leaders, Ghani and Saleh for Islamic Republic, and Akhundzada for Islamic Emirate (Taliban).

History Daoud Sultanzoy was born 13 September 1952 in Kabul. He graduated from Kabul University with a Bachelor of Science in engineering management in 1973. He trained as a pilot at the Pan American World Airways Training Center and the McDonnell-Douglas Corporation Training Center. He held an aircraft Airline Transport Pilot diploma (equivalent to MA/MS) and was certified to fly more than eight types of jet aircraft with more than 32000 hours of flying worldwide.

Sultanzoy fought against the Soviet Union and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan in the early 1980s, during the Soviet–Afghan War. After he was wounded, he returned to the United States, where he became a pilot and in management for United Airlines. He actively participated in Afghan political and civil circles during the 1980s and 1990s.

On 15 August 2021, after the fall of Kabul, Daoud Sultanzoy released a video in which he said that the Taliban leadership contacted him and asked him to continue working as Mayor of Kabul Municipality and "to provide the necessary services to the people." The Taliban named a replacement mayor on 24 August, Hamdullah Nomani.