Zalmay Khalilzad
| Zalmay Khalilzad | |
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| 26th United States Ambassador to the United Nations | |
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In office April 30, 2007 – January 22, 2009 |
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| President |
George W. Bush Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Alejandro Wolff (Acting) |
| Succeeded by | Susan Rice |
| United States Ambassador to Iraq | |
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In office June 21, 2005 – March 26, 2007 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John Negroponte |
| Succeeded by | Ryan Crocker |
| United States Ambassador to Afghanistan | |
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In office November 28, 2003 – June 20, 2005 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert Finn |
| Succeeded by | Ronald E. Neumann |
| Personal details | |
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Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad March 22, 1951 Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Cheryl Benard |
| Children | 2 (including Alexander) |
| Education |
American University of Beirut (BA, MA) University of Chicago (PhD) |
Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad (Pashto: زلمی خلیلزاد Zalmay Khalīlzād; born March 22, 1951) is a former American diplomat and a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and president of Gryphon Partners and Khalilzad Associates, an international business consulting firm based in Washington, D.C. He was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush. He has been involved with U.S. policy makers at the White House, State Department and Pentagon since the mid-1980s, and was the highest-ranking Muslim American in the Administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. Khalilzad's previous assignments in the Administration include U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.
Khalilzad was born in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, and grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan. His parents originated from Laghman Province, and the family moved to Mazar-i-Sharif when his father was a government official under the Musahiban monarchy of Mohammed Zahir Shah.
Khalilzad began his education at the public Ghazi Lycée school in Kabul. He first spent time in the United States as a Ceres, California high school exchange student with AFS Intercultural Programs. Later, he attained his bachelor's and master's degrees from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. Khalilzad received his PhD at the University of Chicago in the United States, where he studied closely with strategic thinker Albert Wohlstetter, a prominent nuclear deterrence thinker and strategist, who provided Khalilzad with contacts in the government and with RAND.
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