title: Bashir Ahmad Bezan
text: # Bashir Ahmad Bezan
  
  Bashir Ahmad Bezan is a citizen of Afghanistan who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.
  
  ## Academic career
  
  Bezan graduated from the Khwaja Abbdullah Ansari higher secondary school in 1992. He subsequently enrolled in Kabul University's Journalism Department.
  
  ## Journalistic career
  
  Bezan was the founder and editor of the Cinna magazine, a weekly cultural magazine. He served as the editor of the Parwaz magazine, the in-flight magazine of Ariana Airlines. Immediately prior to the elections, he was the editor of Khabar Nigar.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Bezan founded the Kangara Afghanistan National Party. He ranked 28th in a field of 38, with 1,272 votes.
  
  