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UNITED
STATES AMBASSADOR TO U.N. ZALMAY
KHALILZAD: BIO (MaximsNews.com, UN)
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On April 23, 2007 Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad began as the United States
Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
From 2005 to 2007, Dr. Khalilzad was the United States Ambassador to Iraq. From
2003 to 2005, he served as the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and also as
Special Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan.
Before becoming Ambassador to Afghanistan, he served at the
National Security Council as Special Assistant to the President and Senior
Director for Islamic Outreach and Southwest Asia Initiatives, and prior to that
as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Southwest Asia,
Near East, and North African Affairs.
He also has been a Special Presidential Envoy and Ambassador
at Large for the Free Iraqis. Dr. Khalilzad headed the Bush-Cheney
transition team for the Department of Defense and has been a Counselor to
Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld.
Between 1993 and 1999, Dr. Khalilzad was Director of the Strategy, Doctrine and
Force Structure program for RAND's Project Air Force. While with RAND, he
founded the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Between 1991 and 1992, Dr. Khalilzad served as Assistant
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning.
Then-Secretary of Defense Cheney awarded Dr. Khalilzad the
Department of Defense medal for outstanding public service.
Dr. Khalilzad also served as a senior political scientist at
RAND and an associate professor at the University of California at San Diego in
1989 and 1991.
From 1985 to 1989 at the Department of State, Dr. Khalilzad
served as Special Advisor to the Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
working policy issues, advising on the Iran-Iraq war and the Soviet war in
Afghanistan.
From 1979 to 1986, Dr. Khalilzad was an Assistant Professor
of Political Science at Columbia University.
Dr. Khalilzad received his bachelor's and master's degree from the American
University of Beirut, Lebanon. He went on to earn a Ph.D. from the University of
Chicago.
Dr. Khalilzad is the author of more than 200 books, articles,
studies, and reports. His work has been translated in many languages including
Arabic, Chinese, German, Japanese, and Turkish.
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