Zalmay Khalilzad
Zalmay Khalilzad Khalilzad speaking at a high school in Kabul, Afghanistan 26th United States Ambassador to the United Nations In office April 17, 2007 – January 20, 2009 President George W. Bush Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Preceded by John R. Bolton Succeeded by Susan Rice United States Ambassador to Iraq In office June 21, 2005 – April 17, 2007 President George W. Bush Preceded by John Negroponte Succeeded by Ryan Crocker United States Ambassador to Afghanistan In office November 28, 2003 – June 20, 2005 President George W. Bush Preceded by Robert Finn Succeeded by Ronald E. Neumann Personal details Born Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad (1951-03-22) March 22, 1951 (age 63) Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, Afghanistan Political party Republican Spouse(s) Cheryl Benard Children Alexander Benard Maximilian Benard Alma mater American University of Beirut University of Chicago Profession Academic and Diplomat Religion Islam U.S. Near Eastern Affairs Diplomats Loy W. Henderson (1922–1960) Charles W. Yost (1930–1971) Dayton S. Mak (1946-1970) Hermann Eilts (1947–1979) William Stoltzfus (1949–1976) Andrew Killgore (1949–1980) Richard Bordeaux Parker (1949–1981) William L. Eagleton (1949–1988) Robert O. Waring (194?–1976) Clifford J. "Pat" Quinlan (1950–1980) Talcott Williams Seelye (1950–1981) Joseph J. Sisco (1951–1976) Alfred Atherton (1954–1984) Nicholas A. Veliotes (1955–1986) Richard W. Murphy (1955–1989) Joseph W. Twinam (195?–1985) Robert Pelletreau (1962–1996) W. Nathaniel Howell (1965–1992) Edward Djerejian (1966–1994) Hume Horan (1966–1998) April Glaspie (1966–2002) Wat T. Cluverius IV (1967–?) Edward S. Walker, Jr. (1967–2001) Edward Gnehm (1969–2003) Ronald E. Neumann (1970–2007) Ryan Crocker (1972–present) Harold H. Saunders (1974–1981) Barbara Bodine (1975–present) Mary Ann Casey (1976-1994) David Welch (1977–2008) Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. (1978–present) Daniel C. Kurtzer (1981–2006) William Joseph Burns (1982–present) Zalmay Khalilzad (1984–present) Dennis Ross (1989–1992) Martin Indyk (1995–2001) James Steinberg (2009–present) v t e Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad (Pashto: زلمی خلیلزاد Zalmay Khalīlzād; born March 22, 1951) is a counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and president of Khalilzad Associates, an international business consulting firm based in Washington, DC. He was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush. He has been involved with U.S. policy makers at the White House, State Department and Pentagon since the mid-1980s, and was the highest-ranking Muslim American in the Administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. Khalilzad's previous assignments in the Administration include U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.