Zalmay Rassoul

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Zalmay Rassoul (2011)

Zalmay Rassoul (also Zalmai ; ( Pashtun or Persian زلمی رسول, DMG Zalmay Rasūl ); * 1944 in Kabul ) is an Afghan politician. He was Foreign Minister in Hamid Karzai's cabinet from January 2010 to October 2013 .

Rassoul was born in Kabul as the son of Abdu'l Qayyum Khan Sarkar and his wife Farukh Begum, the daughter of the Emir Habibullah Khan . Amanullah Khan , King of Afghanistan 1909–1929, was his maternal uncle. He attended the French-speaking Lycée Esteqlal in Kabul and then studied medicine at the University of Paris, where he graduated in 1973. His mother tongue is Pashto . He is also fluent in Dari , French , English , Italian and, with some deductions, Arabic . He has published over 30 articles in American and European scientific medical journals and is a member of the American Society of Nephrology .

On October 5, 2013, Rassoul resigned as Foreign Minister. He was a candidate for the 2014 presidential election . His vice-presidential candidate was Ahmad Zia Massoud . In the first round of voting he received 11.37% of the vote and came in third place. He supported former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah in the runoff election .

Web links

Commons : Zalmay Rassoul  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Biography. In: Afghan Foreign Ministry. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011 ; accessed on September 18, 2018 (English).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Foreign ministers AD (accessed August 31, 2012)
  2. ↑ Majid Sattar : Fog and Other Adversities. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . January 9, 2011, accessed January 10, 2011 .
  3. ↑ HERAT. 4dw.net, May 13, 1921, accessed July 13, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Susanne Koelbl : fragile, corrupt and viable . In: Der Spiegel . No. 13 , 2014, p. 95-97 ( Online - Mar. 24, 2014 ).
  5. ↑ Biographies of 11 presidential runners: Pajhwok Election site. Elections.pajhwok.com, archived from the original on December 16, 2014 ; accessed on September 18, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Zalmai Rassoul, ministre des Affaires étrangères afghan. September 9, 2013, accessed on July 13, 2014 (French, interview with France 24 television ).
  7. ↑ Dr. Zalmai Rasoul nominated for 2014 presidential elections ( en ) October 6, 2013. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  8. ↑ Notorious warlords and corrupt businessmen
  9. ↑ Azam Ahmed: In Afghan Presidential Campaign, North Is All-Important (en) . In: New York Times , March 30, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2018. 
  10. ↑ Results of the election of April 4, 2014 ( Memento of the original of February 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iec.org.af
personal data
SURNAME Rassoul, Zalmay
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Afghan politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Kabul