Salahuddin Rabbani
| Salahuddin Rabbani | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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Assumed office 1 February 2015 |
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| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Moqbel Zarar |
| Chairman of the Afghan High Peace Council | |
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In office 15 April 2012 – 1 February 2015 |
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| President |
Hamid Karzai Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Burhanuddin Rabbani |
| Succeeded by | Ahmed Gailani |
| Afghanistan Ambassador to Turkey | |
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In office 1 January 2011 – 14 April 2012 |
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| President | Hamid Karzai |
| Preceded by | Massoud Khalili |
| Succeeded by | Amanullah Jayhoon |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
10 May 1971 Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Nationality | Afghan |
| Political party | Jamiat-e Islami |
| Parents | Burhanuddin Rabbani |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Salahuddin Rabbani (Persian: صلاحالدین ربانی; born 10 May 1971) is an Afghan diplomat and politician who has been Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan since 1 February 2015.
He was Ambassador to Turkey from 2011 to 2012. In April 2012, it was announced that he was to chair the Afghan High Peace Council in its negotiations with the Taliban.
Salahuddin Rabbani was born on 10 May 1971 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Salahuddin's father was Afghan High Peace Council chairman and Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani.
He received an undergraduate degree in management and marketing from the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia in 1995. In 2000, he received a Master's Degree in business management from Kingston University in the United Kingdom. From 2006 until 2008, he attended Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) to earn an MA in international Affairs.
In the 1990s he worked in the financial accounting department of Saudi Aramco, and in 1996 he moved to the United Arab Emirates to work in the private sector. After 2000 he joined Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In that role, he served as the political counselor in New York to the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nation. HE worked on issues relating to the UN Security Council, and also was the representation of Afghanistan at the First Committee of the United Nations’ General Assembly on Disarmament and International Security.
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