Zalmay Khalilzad
Zalmay Khalilzad or Salmai Khalilsad ( Pashtun زلمی خلیلزاد Zalmay Chalīlzād , born March 22, 1951 in Mazar -e Sharif , Kingdom of Afghanistan ) was permanent representative (ambassador) of the USA in Afghanistan , Iraq and most recently at the United Nations (UN) under the Bush administration . Prior to that, he was special advisor to the US Department of State for Afghanistan.
Life
Before joining the Bush cabinet, Khalilzad was a member of the neoconservative think tank Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and an advisor to the oil company Unocal . There he was the most important Muslim . He belongs to the Republican Party .
After serving as United States Ambassador to Afghanistan from November 2003 to June 2005 , President Bush appointed him Ambassador to Iraq . On February 12, 2007, Bush proposed him as the successor to John R. Bolton and the interim acting Alejandro Daniel Wolff as official UN ambassador to the United States . On March 29, 2007, the Democratic Party- dominated US Senate upheld the proposal. Zalmay Khalilzad was also President of the United Nations Security Council for May 2007. After Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election , he was forced to hand over his post to Susan E. Rice .
The Pashtun grew up in Kabul , where he attended the private school Ghazi Lycée . Today he is married to the Austrian author Cheryl Benard . They live in Maryland with their two sons .
Khalilzad is a member of the right-wing conservative " Project for the New American Century ".
literature
- Zalmay M. Khalilzad , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 19/2009 from May 5, 2009, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Web links
- Zalmay Khalilzad in the nndb (English)
- Biography at the US State Department as Ambassador to Iraq
- Interview from 2008
- Official CV (English) as SRAR at the US State Department
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SURNAME | Khalilzad, Zalmay |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Khalilsad, Salmai |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mazar-e Sharif , Afghanistan |