Zalmay Khalilzad
Zalmay Khalilzad | |
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 Khalilzad speaking at a high school in Kabul, Afghanistan | |
| 26th United States Ambassador to the United Nations | |
| In office April 17, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Secretary-General | Ban Ki-Moon |
| Preceded by | John R. Bolton |
| Succeeded by | Susan Rice |
| United States Ambassador to Iraq | |
| In office June 21, 2005 – April 17, 2007 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John Negroponte |
| Succeeded by | Ryan Crocker |
| United States Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
| In office November 28, 2003 – June 20, 2005 | |
| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert Finn |
| Succeeded by | Ronald E. Neumann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad March 22, 1951 Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cheryl Benard |
| Children | Alexander Benard Maximilian Benard |
| Alma mater | American University of Beirut University of Chicago |
| Profession | Academic and Diplomat |
Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad (Pashto: زلمی خلیلزاد Zalmay Khalīlzād; born March 22, 1951) is a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and president of Khalilzad Associates. He was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush from 2007 to 2009.[1]
In October 2021, CNN reported that Zalmay Khalilzad, the United States' principal envoy for Afghanistan, will quit his post in Afghanistan, after the end of the withdrawal of American forces in Afghanistan.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ International House at the University of Chicago – Alumni In The News, Ambassador Zalmay M. Khalilzad, PhD '79 Archived 2007-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Zalmay Khalilzad at Wikimedia Commons
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Zalmay Khalilzad on IMDb
- Works by or about Zalmay Khalilzad in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Zalmay Khalilzad collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Articles
- The Washington Post – Afghan Roots Keep Adviser Firmly in the Inner Circle Archived 2011-01-23 at the Wayback Machine
- US Mission to the UN – United States Ambassadors to the United Nations Archived 2009-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Current Biography August 2006 cover story
- The New Yorker – American Viceroy
- RFE/RL interview with Zalmay Khalilzad (May 18, 2007)
- Zalmay.com, a profile view
- Profile: Khalilzad, The Center for Cooperative Research
- Video: Khalilzad discusses Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East Archived 2008-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
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