Zarar Ahmad Osmani

Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani
ضرار احمد عثمانی
Osmani, as Afghan Minister of Counter Narcotics, speaking in October 2011

Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 28 October 2013 – 1 February 2015
President	Hamid Karzai
Preceded by	Zalmai Rassoul
Succeeded by	Salahuddin Rabbani
Personal details
Born	1964 (age 51–52) Parwan Province, Afghanistan
Alma mater	Parwan Pedagogy Institute (B. A.)
Religion	Islam

Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani (Persian: ضرار احمد عثمانی‎‎, Pashto: ضرار احمد عثمانی‎, born 1964) is a politician in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2013 to 2015 and Minister of Interior from 30 September 2005 to 11 October 2008. He previously served as Minister of Counter Narcotics and as Governor of Parwan Province. Prior to this he served as Chief of Police of Parwan province and as Afghan Ambassador to Iran. He also joined the mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, fighting against the Afghan government led by Mohammad Najibullah.

Early years and education

Osmani was born in 1964 in Khuwaja Sayaran village, Parwan Province, Afghanistan.^[1] His father was a parliamentarian during King Zahir Shah's administration. He completed his primary education at Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani School in Kabul and his secondary education at Mohammad Osman Khan-e-Parwani Vocational School. He graduated from Habibia High School and later enrolled in the Polytechnical University of Kabul. He studied in Kabul Polytechnic institute from 1983 to 1988. He obtained his BA from the Parwan Pedagogy Institute specializing in math and physics.

Careers

In 1988, Osmani joined the mujahideen in Parwan. However, after the collapse of Najibullah's government in 1992, Osmani was made the Deputy Chief of Staff at the Ministry of National Defense under new the Islamic State of Afghanistan.^[1]

By April 1994, Osmani was serving as Chief of Police of Parwan province.^[1] Between 1998 and 2002, he served as First Secretary and later as Afghan Ambassador to Iran. It is said that he was instrumental in helping unite the Northern Alliance. After the collapse of the Taliban regime and establishment of the Karzai administration, Osamani became Governor of Parwan Province in February 2004.^[1]

In 2009, Osmani was appointed Minister of Counter Narcotics. During his confirmation, he received the highest ever number of confidence votes from the Afghan Parliament.

On 28 October 2013, President Karzai appointed Osmani as the acting Foreign Minister.

References

1 2 3 4 "Biography of H.E. Zarar Ahmad Osmani". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2015.

Political offices
Preceded by Ali Ahmad Jalali	Minister of Interior 2005–2008	Succeeded by Mohammad Hanif Atmar

Political offices
Preceded by Zalmai Rassoul	Minister of Foreign Affairs 2013–2015	Succeeded by Salahuddin Rabbani

Political offices
Preceded by	Minister of Counter Narcotics 2009–2013	Succeeded by Din Mohammad Mubariz Rashidi

Afghan Diplomats and Ambassadors

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Abdullah (2001–2006) Rangin Dadfar Spanta (2006–2010) Zalmai Rassoul (2010–2013) Ahmad Moqbel Zarar (2013–2015) Salahuddin Rabbani (2015–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)

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