Wahidullah Waissi

His Excellency Wahidullah Waissi وحیدالله ویسی
Wahidullah Waissi at the Bled Strategic Forum, Slovenia, September 2012
Ambassador of Afghanistan to Australia in-exile
Incumbent
Assumed office March 1, 2017
President	Ashraf Ghani (until 2021)
Preceded by	Ambassador Nasir Ahmad Andisha
Director-General for Economic Cooperation
In office August 5, 2012 – February 21, 2017
Preceded by	Ambassador Daud Yar
Succeeded by	Ambassador Hassan Soroosh
Personal details
Born	Kabul, Afghanistan
Alma mater	Asia Pacific College of Diplomacy, Australian National University Williams College, United States Kabul University, Afghanistan
Website	www.canberra.mfa.af

Wahidullah Waissi is a career Afghan diplomat. He is now serving as the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand and Republic of Fiji. He worked as Director-General for Economic Cooperation^[1] at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from 2012 to 2016 overseeing regional economic cooperation and multilateral development partnerships, chaired economic diplomacy committee, coordinated Regional Economic Cooperation Conference for Afghanistan process and projects and served as a Focal Point for economic Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) of the Heart of Asia Istanbul Process.

Waissi is co-founder and Chair of the Green Club, a voluntarily association on environment and green activities. He used to teach economic development at the University of Afghanistan and writes on development, region, geoeconomics and socio-development issues.