Sayed Makhdoom Raheen

Sayed Makhdoom Raheen
Persian: سید مخدوم رهین

Born	1946 (age 77–78) Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan^[1]
Nationality	Afghan, American
Occupation(s)	Politician, Diplomat
Spouse	Jamila Seraj
Children	Arash Raheen

Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen (Persian: سید مخدوم رهین) is a Persian author and an Afghan politician. He is an ethnic Sayyid (Sunni Farsi speaker) and is a dual citizen (holds American citizenship).

Life

Raheen with Ambassador Karl W. Eikenberry and Waheedullah Shahrani at the Kabul Museum in March 2011.

He was born in 1946 in the Afghan capital of Kabul. He graduated from Habibia High School between the mid-1950s to the early-1960s. During the Soviet–Afghan War form 1979-1989 and communist government of Kabul, he was head of Radio Kabul-e-Azad (Free Kabul). Until March 2015 he was the Afghan Minister of Information and Culture. He previously served Afghanistan's ambassador in India prior to holding the office of Minister of Information and Culture for second time.

References

↑ (in English)"Biography of Doctor Sayed Makhdoom Raheen". AfghanMania com. Archived from the original on 2006-05-09. 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–present)
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–present)

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