Zalmay Khalilzad (SIADD)

Zalmay Mamozy Khalilzad (Nastaliq: زلمی خلیلزاد - Zalmay Khalīlzād) (born March 22, 1951) is a top-raking Afghan American diplomat currently serving as the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan under the McCain administration. He has been involved with U.S. policy makers at the White House since the early 1980s, and was the highest-ranking Muslim American in the Administration of U.S. President George W. Bush, serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.

On January 22, 2009, Khalizad was appointed as a special adviser on Pakistan and Afghanistan, working under President of the United States John McCain and United States Secretary of State Joe Lieberman.