Sharif Fayez, also known as Mohammed Sharif Fayez, (1946 – February 8, 2019), was an academic in Afghanistan, who also served as the country's Minister of Higher Education from 22 December 2001 to 2007.
He lived most of his life in the United States due to the wars in Afghanistan.
After the removal of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Taliban government), Fayez returned to Afghanistan and was chosen as the country's Minister of Higher Education during the December 2001 Bonn Conference in Germany, as a close ally of Ismail Khan, with whom he is linked by marriage.
[4][5] Fayez died on February 8, 2019, reportedly from a heart attack.
[1] Buried in the famous Abdullah Ansari Shrine Complex.