Famous People with Name Sangin

Amirzai Sangin            Origin/Culture/Country: Afghan

Amirzai Sangin: the current Minister of Communications in Afghanistan. He was born in Urgun, Paktika Province in 1949.Sangin attended primary school in Urgun and secondary school in Gardez, Paktia Province. He graduated from Afghanistan's Telecommunications Training Center (TTC), and obtained an engineering degree from South London College in 1973.In 1982, Sangin joined Swedish Telecom. He worked for King Khaled International Airport in Saudi Arabia as a communications project team member from 1982-1985 and then, for the next five years, was involved in the design, development, and implementation of mobile networks in Sweden. A founding member of Swedish Telecom International (now called Telia International), Sangin was a leader in obtaining international bids, winning 8 GSM licenses in Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, and India from 1990-2000. He has held several senior-level management positions in the establishment of highly successful companies.