Nanguyalai Tarzi

Nanguyalai Tarzi
Ambassador of Afghanistan to Switzerland and Permanent Representative to the United Nations office and other International Organisations in Geneva
In office
June 2013 – October 2015
PresidentHamid Karzai
Ashraf Ghani
Preceded byZalmai Aziz
Succeeded bySuraya Dalil
In office
January 2007 – September 2010
PresidentHamid Karzai
Preceded byAssadullah Omar
Succeeded byZalmai Aziz
Ambassador of Afghanistan to India
In office
January 2011 – May 2013
PresidentHamid Karzai
Preceded bySayed Makhdoom Raheen
Succeeded byShaida Mohammad Abdali
Personal details
Born (1940-12-28) 28 December 1940 (age 83)
Kabul, Afghanistan
SpouseHassina Tarzi
ChildrenFarhad Tarzi
Mayena Tarzi Maiwand
Alma materKabul University
Sorbonne University

Nanguyalai Tarzi (Persian: ننگیالی طرزی, Pashto: ننگیالی طرزی) – was a high-ranking Afghan diplomat who was the Afghan Ambassador to Switzerland and Permanent Representative to the United Nations office and other international organisations in Geneva. Tarzi has been the Ambassador of Afghanistan to India, and before that he was Permanent Representative to United Nations at Geneva and Afghan Ambassador to Switzerland, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Pakistan and Director of the United Nations Information Centres (UNIC) in Tehran, Iran. From 1980s to 1990s, Tarzi was Permanent Observer of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland and United Nations, Vienna, Austria and Senior Political Adviser and Deputy Permanent Observer of OIC to the United Nations, New York, United States of America. In the 1970s, Tarzi was the Afghan Diplomat in Washington D.C., United States of America.