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Zalmay Khalilzad (1951–)

Zalmay Khalilzad - People - Department History

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Non-career appointee
State of Residence: Maryland
  1. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Afghanistan)
    Appointed: November 17, 2003
    Presentation of Credentials: November 28, 2003
    Termination of Mission: Left post on June 20, 2005
  2. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Iraq)
    Appointed: June 20, 2005
    Presentation of Credentials: June 21, 2005
    Termination of Mission: March 26, 2007
  3. Representative of the U.S.A. to the United Nations
    Appointed: March 30, 2007
    Presentation of Credentials: April 30, 2007
    Termination of Mission: January 22, 2009
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Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad
United States Ambassador to Iraq

Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad was nominated Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Iraq by President Bush on April 5, 2005. Dr. Khalilzad was sworn in on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 in Baghdad and presented his credentials to President Talabani the same day.

Dr. Khalilzad served as Ambassador to Afghanistan from November 2003 to June 2005, during which time he continued as the Special Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan. For his service in Afghanistan Secretary Rumsfeld awarded Dr. Khalilzad the Defense Department medal for outstanding public service. President Karzai award him the King Ghazi Ammanullah Medal, Afghanistan's highest medal. Earlier he served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Islamic Outreach and Southwest Asia Initiatives at the National Security Council. Prior to that, Dr. Khalilzad was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Southwest Asia, Near East, and North African Affairs at the National Security Council. He was also a Special

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Afghan Biographies

History and Biodata

2. Previous Functions:
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (1979-1989)
Special Advisor to the US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (1985-1989)
US-Special Envoy to Afghanistan 2001-2003,
US-Ambassador to Afghanistan (  2003- 2005)
US-Ambassador to Iraq (20050621 -  2007)
US-Ambassador the the UN (2007 - 2008)
Counselor at the Washington-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),
President of the Khalilzad Associates (2009)
US Special envoy  for Afghan Reconcilliation (2018, 2019, 2020, 20211018)

3. Biodata:
Dr. Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad was born 22 Mar 1951 in Mazar-i Sharif, Balkh Province. Khalilzad's father Khalilullah Khalilzad was a government official under the monarchy of Mohammed Zahir Shah and moved with his family to Mazar. He is an ethnic Pashtun. Khalilzad's parents hail from Laghman Province. His mother married very young and gave birth to 13 children. Only seven survived, includ

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