Mr. Mozammil Shinwari was appointed Deputy Minister of Trade of the Ministry of Commerce and Industries in December 2011.During the last two years, Mr. Shinwari has been leading Afghanistan's endeavor to accede to the World Trade Organization (WTO). At the same time, he successfully led numerous regional and bilateral integration initiatives within the framework of the South Asian Association for Regional Economic Cooperation (SAARC), the Centeral Asian Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC), and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). Mr. Shinwari is the main representative of Afghanistan in the meetings of these organizations, fully engaging private sector stakeholders and keeping the gerneral public informed.previously, he held numerous high level positions including Director General of the International Trade Department at the Ministry of Commerce and Industries from October 2009 through December 2011, Advisor to the Minister of Commerce and Industries from March 2009 through October 2009, and Budget Formulation and Policy Manager at the Ministry of Finance from December 2007 through 2009. Concurrently with his civil service work, Deputy Minister Shinwari was a visiting lecturer at Kardan University during 2008 through 2010.Mr. Shinwari recieved his Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing from Preston University in Pakistan. He is currently completing his Masters of Business Administration at the American University of Afghanistan.