Sayed Makhdoom Raheen

Sayed Makhdoom Raheen

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Sayed Makhdoom Raheen (born 1946 in Kabul^[1]) (Persian: سید مخدوم رهین) is a Persian author and an Afghan politician. He was Afghanistan's ambassador in India before becoming the cultural minister for second time. Until March 2015 he was the Afghan Minister of Information and Culture.

Life

During the Afghanistan war against the Soviet Union and communist government of Kabul, he was head of Radio Kabul-e-Azad (free Kabul).

References

^ Template:En icon "Biography of Doctor Sayed Makhdoom Raheen". AfghanMania. Retrieved 2010-08-19.

Ambassadors of Afghanistan

Minister of Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Abdullah (2001–2006) Rangin Dadfar Spanta (2006–2010) Zalmai Rassoul (2010–2013) Ahmad Moqbel Zarar (2013–2015) Salahuddin Rabbani (2015–2019) Haneef Atmar (2021) Amir Khan Muttaqi (acting; 2021–present)
Permanent Representative to the UN (New York)	Ravan Farhâdi (1993–2006) Zahir Tanin (2006–2015) Mahmoud Saikal (2015–2019) Adela Raz (2019–2021)
Permanent Representative to the UN (Geneva)	Akbar Kherad Mohammad Nabi Amani Sher Ahmad Nasri Homayon Tandar Shamsuzzakir Kazemi Assad Omar Nangyalai Tarzi (2007–2010) Zalmai Aziz (2010–present)

Ambassador to China	Mahyuddin Sadat (chargé d'affaires; 2022–2023) Bilal Karimi (2023–present)
Ambassador to the United States	Ishaq Shahryar (2002–2003) Said Tayeb Jawad (2003–2010) Eklil Ahmad Hakimi (2011–2015) Hamdullah Mohib (2015–2018) Roya Rahmani (2018–2021) Adela Raz (2021–2022)
Ambassador to the United Kingdom	Hameed Haami (chargé d'affaires)
Ambassador to Pakistan	Nangyalai Tarzi (2002–2006) Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai (2006–2007) Abdul Khaliq Farahi Majnoon Gulab (chargé d'affaires) (2009–present)
Ambassador to Iran	Omar Daudzai (2005–2007) Yahya Maroofi (2007–2009) Obaidullah Obaid (2010–present)
Ambassador to India	Massoud Khalili (2001–2006) Sayed Makhdoom Raheen (2006–2010) Nangyalai Tarzi (2010–2012) Shaida Mohammad Abdali (2012–2018) Farid Mamundzay (2021–2023)
Ambassador to Russia	Ahmad Zia Massoud (2001–2004) Zalmai Aziz (2007–2010) Azizullah Karzai (2010–2016) Abdul Qayyum Kochai (2017–2021) Said Tayeb Jawad (2021–2022) Jamal Nasir Gharwal (chargé d'affaires; 2022–present)
Ambassador to Canada	Omar Samad (2004–2009) Jawed Ludin (2009–2011)
Ambassador to Australia	Mahmoud Saikal (2002–2005) Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai (2005–2007) Amanullah Jayhoon (2007–present)
Ambassador to Turkey	Massoud Khalili (2007–2010) Salahuddin Rabbani (2011–2012)
Ambassador to Spain	Gul Ahmad Sherzada Massoud Khalili (2010–present)
Ambassador to Japan	Mohammad Noor Akbary (chargé d'affaires) (2002–2004) Haron Amin (2004–2009) Eklil Ahmad Hakimi (2009–2010) Mohammad Amin Fatemi (2010–2017) Bashir Mohabbat (2017–2021) Shaida Mohammad Abdali (2021–present)
Ambassador to France	Omar Samad (2009–2011)
Ambassador to Norway	Yahya Maroofi (2005–2007) Jawed Ludin (2007–2009) Manija Bakhtary (2009–2021)