Zalmai Aziz

Zalmai Aziz
Afghanistan Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Assumed office
13 September 2010
PresidentHamid Karzai
Preceded byNanguyalai Tarzi
Afghanistan Ambassador to Russia
In office
2007–2010
Succeeded byAzizullah Karzai
Afghanistan Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs
In office
2003–2007
Preceded byAbdorrahim Sherizai
Succeeded byMohammad Kabir Farahi
Personal details
Born1940 (age 83–84)
Kabul, Afghanistan
OccupationDiplomat, Politician
Zalmai Aziz presents his diplomatic credentials to then-President of Russia Vladimir Putin on 27 July 2007.

Zalmai Aziz (born 1940 in Kabul) is an Afghan diplomat and is the current ambassador of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office in Geneva and to Switzerland. He is the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Russian Federation and the former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan.