From 1980s to 1990s, Nanguyalai Tarzi was Permanent Observer of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation 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.
20 Facts About Nanguyalai Tarzi
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Nanguyalai Tarzi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, son of the late Mohammad Seddiq Nanguyalai Tarzi.
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Nanguyalai Tarzi began his education at the Lycee Esteqlal school in Kabul.
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Nanguyalai Tarzi graduated from Kabul University with distinction degree in Law and Diplomatic Relations in 1964.
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Nanguyalai Tarzi completed a doctorate in Sorbonne University in International Public Law at the Faculte de Droit et sciences economiques in Paris, France in 1970.
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Nanguyalai Tarzi began his career as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law and Political Science in Kabul University from December 1964 to June 1970.
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Nanguyalai Tarzi is proficient in Dari, Pashto, French and English and has a basic knowledge of Arabic.
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From December 1973 until November 1977, Nanguyalai Tarzi was Second Secretary of the Afghan Embassy in Washington DC to the United States of America.
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In 1980, after the Communists had seized power in Afghanistan, Nanguyalai Tarzi began working as International Civil Servant Diplomat for Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
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From November 1979 until September 1986, Nanguyalai Tarzi was the Senior Political Adviser at the Office of the Permanent Observer Mission of OIC to the United Nations, New York, United States of America.
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From November 1986 to November 1992, Nanguyalai Tarzi was Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Observer of OIC to the United Nations, New York, United States of America.
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In 1992, Nanguyalai Tarzi established the first office of OIC in Geneva.
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From November 1992 to January 2000, Nanguyalai Tarzi was Ambassador, Permanent Observer of OIC to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva.
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Simultaneously, from August 1997 to January 2000, Nanguyalai Tarzi was Ambassador, Permanent Observer of OIC to United Nations Industrial Development Organization, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and United Nations in Vienna, Austria.
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In January 2001 to November 2002, Nanguyalai Tarzi became Director of the United Nations Information Centres in Tehran, Iran.
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In 2002, after the fall of the Taliban Regime in Afghanistan, Nanguyalai Tarzi was appointed as Afghan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Pakistan, from February 2003 to December 2006.
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From January 2007 to September 2010, Nanguyalai Tarzi became Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations office and other International Organisations based in Geneva.
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Simultaneously, from June 2007 till September 2010, Nanguyalai Tarzi was Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Switzerland.
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From January 2011 to May 2013, Nanguyalai Tarzi served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to India and Non-Resident Ambassador to Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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In June 2013 to October 2015, Nanguyalai Tarzi became Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the United Nations office and other International Organisations and Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to Switzerland in Geneva.