Masood Dakik
German Afghan entrepreneur and lobbyist
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Masood Dakik (born 19 August 1967) is a German Afghan entrepreneur and lobbyist.[1]
Early life and career
Dakik was born on 19 August 1967 in Kabul, Afghanistan, to father Abdul Khaliq Khan. In 1984, he graduated from Lycée Esteqlal.[2]
In an interview he said that after being admitted to Kabul Medical School he fled to West Germany, because his father was imprisoned during the rule of Barbark Karmal,[2][3][4] where he worked in management.[2] He then became an oil and gas entrepreneur and an anti-Taliban lobbyist.[5][6]
In 2015 he received the lowest rank of Germany's Federal Cross of Merit.[2][7]
Personal life
In 1996, he married his cousin Nargis Dakik with whom he has three children.[2]