Ramzan Bashardost was born in Qarabagh District, Ghazni Province of Afghanistan to a Hazara family.

He completed his primary and intermediate education in Qarabagh and later in Maimana, capital of Fariyab in northern Afghanistan.

[2] In 1983, he left Pakistan for France, where he spent more than 20 years, earning degrees in law and political science.

In March 2004, he was appointed minister of planning but resigned that December in protest at the government's alleged inability to take action over 2,000 Afghan and international non governmental organisations (NGOs) outlawed by his ministry in Afghanistan.

He is well known as a prominent voice against the corrupt Afghan authorities of the past three decades, and a bold reformer and critic of the government.

He was critical of the role played by NGOs and claimed that majority of them were a source of Afghanistan money drain.

However, his outspoken criticism of the government and his firm stances against corruption and for public welfare won him widespread support.