Salāhuddīn Rabbānī (

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: ; born 10 May 1971) is an Afghan diplomat and politician who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan from February 2015 to October 2019. He was the Afghan ambassador to

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from 2011 to 2012. In April 2012, it was announced that he was to chair the

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in its negotiations with the

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Early life

Salahuddin Rabbani was born on 10 May 1971 in

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. Salahuddin's father was former

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chairman and Afghan President

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. His father was assassinated by a suicide bomber entering his home in 2011."Murdered Afghan talks head Rabbani replaced by son"

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, 14 April 2012."Karzai appoints slain leader's son to restart Afghanistan peace efforts"
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,'' 14 April 2012."Son of former Afghan peace council chairman killed by suicide assassin takes charge of group"
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,'' 14 April 2012. He received an undergraduate degree in management and marketing from the

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM) ( ar, جامعة الملك فهد للبترول و المعادن, – short: ar, جامعة البترول ), after 1975 as the University of Petroleum and Minerals and initially as the ...

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in 1995. In 2000, he received a

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in business management from

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in the

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. From 2006 until 2008, he attended

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’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) to earn an MA in international Affairs.

Career

Private business and diplomacy

In the 1990s he worked in the financial accounting department of

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, and in 1996 he moved to the

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to work in the private sector. After 2000 he joined Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In that role, he served as the political counselor in New York to the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nation. HE worked on issues relating to the

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, and also was the representation of Afghanistan at the First Committee of the United Nations’ General Assembly on Disarmament and International Security. Around 2008, he moved from the United States to Afghanistan to serve as a political advisor to his father.

Ambassador to Turkey

In 2010, Afghanistan appointed him their ambassador to Turkey, and he was Ambassador to Turkey from 2011 to 2012. He was selected as leader of the

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political party after the assassination of his father on 20 September 2011. He was ambassador from 1 January 2011 until 14 April 2012.

Afghan High Peace Council

After he was appointed to the role in March 2012, in April 2012, it was announced that he was to chair the

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in its negotiations with the

. He was chairman from 15 April 2012 until 1 February 2015.

Foreign minister of Afghanistan

On 12 January 2015, he was nominated by President

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as Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing Ahmad Moqbel Zarar. He was confirmed by the

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on 28 January and was sworn in on 1 February. On 21 March 2017, he spoke at a meeting organised by the

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think-tank in

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Rabbani resigned on 23 October 2019, accusing Ghani of sidelining him and creating parallel structures that impeded the functioning of legitimate government institutions. Ghani appointed Idrees Zaman as the acting foreign minister to replace Rabbani on 30 October.

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Early life

Career

Private business and diplomacy

Ambassador to Turkey

Afghan High Peace Council

Foreign minister of Afghanistan

See also

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