Nanguyalai Tarzi | |
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Afghanistan Ambassador to Switzerland and Permanent Representative to the United Nations office and other International Organisations in Geneva | |
In office 4 June 2012 – 31 October 2015 |
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Preceded by | Zalmai Aziz |
Succeeded by | Suraya Dalil |
Afghan Ambassador to India | |
In office 2010 – 16 July 2012 |
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President | Ashraf Ghani |
Succeeded by | Shaida Mohammad Abdali |
Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan | |
In office 2002–2006 |
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Head of the Permanent Observer Mission for the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to the UN Office in Geneva | |
In office November 1992 – January 2000 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
Kabul, Afghanistan |
27 December 1949
Alma mater | Kabul University |
Nanguyalai Tarzi (Persian: ننگیالی طرزی, Pashto: ننګیالۍ طرزۍ – is a high-ranking Afghan diplomat who is the Afghan Ambassador to Switzerland and Permanent Representative to the United Nations office and other international organisations based in Geneva. Tarzi has been the Afghan Ambassador in India, and before that he was Permanent Representative to United Nations Office at Geneva and Afghan Ambassador to Switzerland, Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan and Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Iran. From 1980s to 1990s, Tarzi was Permanent Observer of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to the United Nations, Geneva and Vienna and Senior Political Adviser and Deputy Permanent Observer of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to the United Nations, New York. In the 1970s, Tarzi was Afghan Diplomat in Washington D.C., United States.
Tarzi is member of the prominent Afghan Tarzi family and is mentioned as notable member on the website of the Tarzi Family Historical Society.
Tarzi graduated from Kabul University with distinction degree in Law and Diplomatic Relations in 1964. He completed a doctorate in Sorbonne University in International Public Law at the Faculté de Droit et sciences économiques in Paris, France in 1970. His doctorate thesis: “Les Relation Afghano-Russes”. Avec mention “Trés bien”, was a candidate for the Best Thesis of 1970. Tarzi began his career as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science in Kabul University from December 1964 to June 1970.