Nangyalai Tarzi

Nangyalai Tarzi
Afghanistan Ambassador to India
Incumbent
Assumed office 2010
President	Hamid Karzai
Preceded by	Sayyed Makhdum Rahin
Afghanistan Ambassador to United Nations Office at Geneva
In office 2007–2010
Preceded by	Assad Omar
Succeeded by	Zalmai Aziz
Afghanistan Ambassador to Pakistan
In office 2002–2006
Succeeded by	Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai
Personal details
Nationality	Afghan
Profession	Diplomat

Nangyalai Tarzi (Persian: ننگیالی طرزی, Pashto: ننګیالۍ طرزۍ - also spelled as Nangialai Tarzi) is a high ranking Afghan diplomat who is currently the Afghan Ambassador in India. He previously was the Afghan permanent representative to United Nations Office in Geneva and the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan. In the 1970s and 80s he was the Permanent Political Observer of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference to the UN.

1960-70: Education and Academic life

Nangyalai Tarzi is member of the prominent Afghan Tarzi family and is mentioned as notable member on the website of the Tarzi Family Historical Society.^[1] He graduated from Kabul University with a degree in Law and Diplomatic Relations in 1964. He went on to complete a doctorate in International Public Law at the Faculte de Droit et Sciences Economiques in Paris, France in 1970. Dr. Tarzi began his career as a professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science in Kabul in 1964. Tarzi speaks English, French, Pashtu and Dari.

1970-2002 Diplomat

His diplomatic career began in 1970 by working for the Department of Information in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul. From 1970 until 1973 he was Second Secretary of the Afghan Permanent Mission to the United States. This ended after the coup of Mohammed Daoud Khan in 1973.

In 1979 after the Communist had seized power in Afghanistan, Tarzi began working as Diplomat for the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. From 1979 until 1986 he was the Permanent Political Observer of the UCI to the UN. In 1986 he joined the Afghan services again and became Afghans Deputy Political Observer tp the OIC.

In 1992 after the fall of the Communist regime in Afghanistan he was Permanent Observer to the OIC. From 1997 to 2000 he was also Permanent Observer to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization. In 2001 he became Director of the UN Information Centre in Teheran, Iran.

2002-Present: Ambassador

In 2002, after the fall of the Taliban Regime in Afghanistan he was appointed as Afghans Permanent Representative to Pakistan. He served from december 2002 till december 2006. As Ambassador to Pakistan he was member of a Tripartite Commission, composed of senior military and diplomatic representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States.^[2]

In 2007 he was replaced and became the Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva. On January 3, 2007 he presented his credentials as the new Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva, and other International Organizations in Switzerland to Sergei Ordzhonikidze the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.^[3] Some of the International Organizations in which he served as Permanent Representative include the World Health Organization, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and the World Trade Organization.

In 2010 he switched positions again and became Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to India. Tarzi has expressed wishes to further strengthen bilateral ties between India and Afghanistan: "India has stood with Afghanistan in rebuilding their nation during the periods of war, misery and destruction." ^[4]

Diplomatic Record

Date	Representing	Position	Mission
2010–Present	Afghanistan	Ambassador	Embassy of Afghanistan, New Delhi
2007–2010	Afghanistan	Permanent Representative	United Nations, Geneva
2002–2006	Afghanistan	Permanent Representative	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
2001–2002	United Nations	Director	U.N. Information Center, Tehran
1997–2000	Afghanistan	Permanent Observer	United Nations Industrial Development Organization
1992–2000	Afghanistan	Permanent Observer	Organisation of the Islamic Conference (U.N. OIC)
1986–1992	Afghanistan	Deputy Political Observer	Organisation of the Islamic Conference (U.N. OIC)
1979–1986	Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC)	Permanent Political Observer	United Nations
1970–1973	Afghanistan	Second Secretary	Afghan Permanent Mission to the United States

References

1. ^ Website Tarzi Family Historical Society
2. ^ Office of the Spokesperson Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kabul Press release: Tripartite Commission 8th Meeting
3. ^ Afghan Mission to the United Nations and Other Interna...Link
4. ^ OneIndia News: India, Afghanistan to further strengthen ties

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