Minister of Foriegn Affairs brief biography
Minister-designate of Foreign Affairs: Dr. Zalmay Rasul is son of Prof. Abdul Qayyum Rasul. Born in 1944 in Kabul, he received primary and secondary education at the Estiqlal High School and received Doctorate in Medical from Paris, France:
- He worked as a doctor at the Research Institute of Cardiac Diseases in Paris;
- In charge of the Paris-based Haqiqat-i-Afghan Publication regarding Jihad;
- Doctor at the Military Hospital of Saudi Arabia;
- Chief of the staff of Father of the Nation Mohammad Zahir in Rome;
- Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism during the interim government, and
- National Security Advisor to President Karzai.
Zalmay Rasul can speak Pashtu, Dari, English, French, Italian and Arabic languages and has published 30 medical books in the US and Europe.