Azizullah Karzai

Azizullah Karzai
Azizullah Karzai with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in October 2010

Afghanistan Ambassador to Russia
In office 2010–2013
President	Hamid Karzai
Preceded by	Zalmai Aziz
Personal details
Born	Kandahar
Nationality	Afghan
Profession	Diplomat

Azizulah Karzai is a politician in Afghanistan. He is serving as Ambassador to Russia, a position he held since 28 August 2010.^[1]

Early years

Azizulah is originally from southern Afghanistan. He belongs to the Karzai-clan of Pashtuns. He is an uncle of former Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Before the Taliban government he was Afghan Ambassador to Poland. He is considered the family's expert on tribal maneuvering.^[2] During the United States attack on Afghanistan in November 2001, he said: "Tribalism is more dangerous than the Islamic fundamentalism of the Taliban because it runs throughout Pashtun society."^[3]

Ambassador

After the fall of the Taliban government Karzai was appointed Afghan Ambassador to the Czech Republic. He later became aid to the Afghan Foreign Minister and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.^[4]^[5] Since 2010 he is serving as Afghans Ambassador to Russia.

References

↑ "Afghans in Russia allegedly plotted coup". Pajhwok Afghan News. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
↑ The Spokesman Review: Peace Talks all in Family
↑ Rome News-Tribune: Tribal loyalties hamper Afghan effort
↑ Afghanistan.ru: New Afghan ambassador to the Russian Federation takes office
↑ Afghan Bio's: Azizulah Karzai

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Azizullah Karzai.

Afghan Diplomats and Ambassadors

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Abdullah (2001–2006) Rangin Dadfar Spanta (2006–2010) Zalmai Rassoul (2010–2013) Ahmad Moqbel Zarar (2013–present)

Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs	Abdorrahim Sherizai Zalmai Aziz (2003–2007) Mohammad Kabir Farahi (2007–2010) Eklil Ahmad Hakimi (2010–2011)

Deputy Foreign Minister for Administration Affairs	Abdul H. Haider (2010–present)

Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs	Mahmoud Saikal (2005–2006)

Chief of Staff to the President	Said Tayeb Jawad (2002–2003) Mohammad Omar Daudzai (2003–2005) Jawed Ludin (2005–2007) Omar Daudzai (2007–present)

Chairman National Security Council	Zalmai Rasool (2002–2009) Rangin Dadfar Spanta (2010–present)

Director of United Nations Affairs and International Conferences	Zalmai Aziz (2002–2003) Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai (2008–present)

Spokesmen of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Omar Samad (2001–2006) Ahmad Zaher Faqiri (2010–present)

Permanent Representative to the UN (New York)	Ravan Farhâdi (1993–2006) Zahir Tanin (2006–present)

Permanent Representative to the UN (Geneva)	Akbar Kherad Mohammad Nabi Amani Sher Ahmad Nasri Homayon Tandar Shamsuzzakir Kazemi Assad Omar Nangyalai Tarzi (2007–2010) Zalmai Aziz (2010–present)

Ambassador to the United States	Ishaq Shahryar (2002–2003) Said Tayeb Jawad (2003–2010) Eklil Ahmad Hakimi (2011–present)

Chargé d'affaires to the United Kingdom	Hameed Haami

Ambassador to Pakistan	Nangyalai Tarzi (2002–2006) Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai (2006–2007) Abdul Khaliq Farahi Majnoon Gulab (Chargé d'affaires) (2009–present)

Ambassador to Iran	Omar Daudzai (2005–2007) Yahya Maroofi (2007–2009) Obaidullah Obaid (2010–present)

Ambassador to India	Massoud Khalili (2001–2006) Sayed Makhdoom Raheen (−2010) Nangyalai Tarzi (2010–present)

Ambassador to Russia	Ahmad Zia Massoud (2001–2004) Zalmai Aziz (2007–2010) Azizullah Karzai (2010–present)

Ambassador to Canada	Omar Samad (2004–2009) Jawed Ludin (2009–present)

Ambassador to Australia	Mahmoud Saikal (2002–2005) Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai (2005–2007) Amanullah Jayhoon (2007–present)

Ambassador to Turkey	Massoud Khalili (2007–2010) Salahuddin Rabbani (2011–present)

Ambassador to Spain	Gul Ahmad Sherzada Massoud Khalili (2010–present)

Ambassador to Japan	Mohammad Noor Akbary (Chargé d'affaires) (2002–2004) Haron Amin (2004–2009) Eklil Ahmad Hakimi (2009–2010) Amin Fatemy

Ambassador to France	Omar Samad (2009–2011)

Ambassador to Norway	Yahya Maroofi (2005–2007) Jawed Ludin (2007–2009) Manija Bakhtary (2009–present)

Hamid Karzai

11th President of Afghanistan (2004–2014)
Presidents of the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan (2001-2004)

Life and politics	Early life of Hamid Karzai President and Chairman of a transitional administration

Presidency	First term Second term Foreign relations of Hamid Karzai Cabinet of President Hamid Karzai Assassination attempts

Elections	Afghan presidential election, 2004 Afghan presidential election, 2009

Family	Zeenat Karzai (wife) Abdul Ahad Karzai (father) Mahmud Karzai (brother) Azizullah Karzai (uncle) Habibullah Karzai (uncle) Hashmat Karzai (cousin) Hekmat Karzai (cousin)

Mohammad Ashraf Ghani→

Category
Commons
Wikiquote
Wikisource texts
Portal

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, August 11, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.