Mohammad Haneef Atmar (Pashto: ???? ???? ????; born 10 September 1968) is the former Interior Minister of Afghanistan.
He was removed from MOI by Hamid Karzai in the wake of attacks on the June 2010 Afghan Peace Jirga.
Before that he worked with several international humanitarian organizations and served as Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and Minister of Education.
In 2011, he is part of the Right and Justice party.
During his time in office, he has visited several countries to get funding to stabilize Afghanistan.
Atmar was serving as National Security Advisor to Ashraf Ghani the President of Afghanistan.
He resigned from his post as there was disagreement with Ghani on certain issues.
In late 2018, Atmar announced his candidacy for the April 2019 presidential elections, indicating he firmly believes a peace deal with the Taliban is possible.