Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai شیر محمد عباس ستانکزی
Stanikzai in 2020
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Acting
Assumed office 7 September 2021
Supreme Leader
Hibatullah Akhundzada
Minister
Amir Khan Muttaqi (acting)
In office c. 1996 – December 2001
Supreme Leader
Mohammed Omar
Minister
Mohammad Ghous Abdul Jalil Hasan Akhund Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil
Succeeded by
Himself (2021)
Head of the Political Office of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
In office November 2015 – 24 January 2019 Acting: 6 August 2015 – November 2015
Supreme Leader
Akhtar Mansour
Hibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded by
Tayyab Agha
Succeeded by
Abdul Ghani Baradar
Deputy Minister of Public Health
In office 1998–2001
Supreme Leader
Mohammed Omar
Personal details
Born
1963 (age 60–61) Baraki Barak, Logar, Afghanistan
Alma mater
University of Kabul Indian Military Academy
Occupation
Politician, Taliban member
Political affiliation
Taliban
Military service
Allegiance
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Islamic Revolution Movement Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan Taliban (1990s–present)
Branch/service
Afghan Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Battles/wars
Soviet–Afghan War Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) Afghan Civil War (1992–1996) War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai (Pashto: شیر محمد عباس ستانکزئی[ʃɪrmʊˈhamadaˈbɑsstɑnɪkˈzai]; born 1963) is a senior member of the Afghan Taliban and the country's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime since 7 September 2021.
He was an officer in the Afghan Army after training at an army academy in India. He defected from the army and joined Islamic movements to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. He was a deputy cabinet minister in the first Taliban government. He has been a senior member of the Taliban's political office in Doha since it was set up in 2012, and was its head from 2015 to 2020. He speaks English, Urdu, Pashto, and Dari and has travelled widely to other countries as a Taliban political representative. On 7 September 2021, Sher Abbas was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.[1]
^"Mullah Akhund to head 'caretaker' Taliban government in Afghanistan with Baradar, Hanafi as deputies". India Today. September 7, 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-08.
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Global Information
Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan
Taliban (1990s–present)
Afghan Army
Lieutenant