Nanguyalai Tarzi (, ; born 28 December 1940) – is a former senior

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diplomat who was the Afghan Ambassador to

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and Permanent Representative to the United Nations office and other international organisations in

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. Tarzi has been the Ambassador of Afghanistan to

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, and before that he was Permanent Representative t
United Nations at Geneva
and Afghan Ambassador to Switzerland, Ambassador of Afghanistan to

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and Director of th
United Nations Information Centres
(UNIC) in

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. From 1980s to 1990s, Tarzi was Permanent Observer o
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
(OIC) to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland an
United Nations, Vienna
Austria and Senior Political Adviser and Deputy Permanent Observer of OIC to th
United Nations, New York

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. In the 1970s, Tarzi was the Afghan diplomat in

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, United States of America.

1960–70: Education and academic life

Tarzi was born in

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, son of the lat
Mohammad Seddiq Tarzi
Tarzi is member of the prominent Afghan Tarzi family and is mentioned as notable member on the website of the Tarzi Family Historical Society.
/ref> Tarzi began his education at the

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school in Kabul. He graduated fro
Kabul University
with distinction degree in

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and

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in 1964. He completed a doctorate i
Sorbonne University
in

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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

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in Kabul University from December 1964 to June 1970. Tarzi is proficient in Dari (Persian), Pashto, French and English and has a basic knowledge of Arabic.

1970–2002: Diplomat and international organizations

Tarzi's diplomatic career began in June 1970 by working for the Department of Information in the

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. From December 1973 until November 1977, Tarzi was

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of the Afghan Embassy in

to the

. Then from December 1977 to November 1978, Tarzi was Deputy of Department of International Financial & Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kabul,

. In 1980, after the Communists had seized power in Afghanistan, Tarzi began working as International Civil Servant Diplomat fo
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
(OIC). From November 1979 until September 1986, Tarzi was the Senior Political Adviser at the Office of the Permanent Observer Mission of OIC to th
United Nations, New York
United States of America. From November 1986 to November 1992, Tarzi was Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Observer of OIC to the United Nations, New York, United States of America. In 1992, Tarzi established the first office of OIC in

. From November 1992 to January 2000, Tarzi was Ambassador, Permanent Observer of OIC to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva. Simultaneously, from August 1997 to January 2000, Tarzi was Ambassador, Permanent Observer of OIC t
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO)

(UNODC) an
United Nations in Vienna

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. In January 2001 to November 2002, Tarzi became Director of th
United Nations Information Centres
(UNIC) in

2002–2015: Afghan Ambassador

In 2002, after the fall of the Taliban Regime in

, Tarzi was appointed as Afghan

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, from February 2003 to December 2006. As Ambassador to Pakistan, Tarzi was member of a Tripartite Commission, composed of senior military and diplomatic representatives from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the

. From January 2007 to September 2010, Tarzi became Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations office and other International Organisations based in

. Simultaneously, from June 2007 till September 2010, Tarzi was Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to

. From January 2011 to May 2013, Tarzi served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to

and Non-Resident Ambassador to

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Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

and

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. In June 2013 to October 2015, Tarzi became Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations office and other International Organisations and Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Switzerland in Geneva.

Diplomatic record

References

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