Nargis Nehan

Nargis Nehan (; born in Kabul, Afghanistan, 1981 ) is an Afghan former politician who served as the acting Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Industries.

Early life Like many Afghans of her generation, Nehan was forced to flee Afghanistan as a child (at the age of 12 ) to escape her country's decades of warfare. Nehan's family fled Kabul during the Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) and Nehan grew up among the millions of Afghan refugees who had settled in Pakistan beginning with the Soviet occupation of their country during the 1980s. In Pakistan, Nehan financed her education by working with international non-government organizations providing help to the Afghan refugee community.

Career Nehan, who holds a master's degree in business administration,

Nehan was appointed as acting Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Industries in 2017. She is the second acting minister in this role since the resignation of Daud Shah Saba in 2016.

After Taliban gained control over Kabul in August 2021, Nehan evacuated to Norway.

Publications

In 2007, Nehan co-authored a book with Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, entitled The Budget as a Linchpin of the State: Lessons from Afghanistan.

Activism Nehan is the founder of EQUALITY for Peace and Democracy,

Nehan is a member of the Civil Society Joint Working Group (CS-JWG), the Afghan Coalition for Transparency and Accountability (ACTA), and the Supreme Council of Da Afghanistan Bank, the country's central bank. She was the first woman to be a member of the central bank's leadership.