Mohammad Farid Hamidi (به فارسی و پشتو: څارنپوه محمدفرید حمیدی) (born 1967) is an Afghan lawyer and human rights activist, who served as the Attorney General of Afghanistan from 2016 till 2021.
[1] Hamidi was appointed as a member of the Election Committee of Emergency (Loya Jirga) and focal point for four provinces namely: Kandahar, Zabul, Helmand, and Uruzgan as per decree of the Head of interim administration in 2002.
[2][3] Additionally, Hamidi was appointed as a member of Independent Election Complaint Commission as per decree of President of Afghanistan in 2005 and worked in this position for more than a year.
[4] He has also worked as advisor for the Ministry of Youth Affairs, and for six years as the Director of the Presidential Advisory Board to Appoint High Officials of the Government.
[5] Hamidi has participated in numerous international and national conferences on Rule of Law, Elections, Judicial and Justice Reforms, and Good Governance, and has delivered speeches in this role.