Gul Ahmmad Yama is a citizen of Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 who was a candidate in Afghanistan's 2009 Presidential elections.
Yama is from Mazari Sharif, in Balkh Province

Balkh Province

Balkh is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country and its name derives from the ancient city of Balkh, near the modern town...

.

Academic career

Yama conducted most of his primary and secondary education in Mazari Sharif, but he spent his final year, and graduated from, Habibia High School

Habibia High School

Habibia High School is a school in Kabul, Afghanistan, which has educated many of the former and current Afghan elite, including President Hamid Karzai and the country's most famous musician Ahmad Zahir. It was founded by King Habibullah Khan in 1903....

 of Kabul

Kabul

Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

.
He graduated from Kabul University

Kabul University

Kabul University is located in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. It was founded in 1931 but officially opened for classes in 1932. Kabul University is currently attended by approximately 7,000 students, of which 1,700 are women. As of 2008, Hamidullah Amin is the chancellor of the university...

 in 1978 with a degree from the faculty of literature and social sciences.

In 1980 and 1995 he was a lecturer at Kabul University.
In 1990 he was a visiting lecturer at the Sorbonne

Sorbonne

The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...

, in Paris, France.

He founded the Imam Ghazali cultural and social foundation in late 1991.
According to the Pajhwok Afghan News

Pajhwok Afghan News

Pajhwok Afghan News is a news agency established in March 2004 in Kabul, Afghanistan by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting. It is Afghanistan's largest independent news service, providing broad-based coverage of news in English, Pashto and Dari...

Yama described the foundation providing "training programs for mujahideen and youth in social, political and cultural issues."

From 2002 to 2004 he worked at the Kabul Education University.

In 2005 he was a lecturer at the Leadership College in Kabul, an institution run by the United States Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense

The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...

.

Yama has served as a professional member of the translation board of Higher Education Ministry.
According to the Pajhwok Afghan News Yama described several periods of his life when he was pursuing private academic research.

Political career

During the 2009 Presidential elections he stood 25th in a field of 38.
He won 1,434 votes.