# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zalmai-rassoul
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:02:13.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zalmai-rassoul"
name: "Zalmai Rassoul"
slug: "zalmai-rassoul"
description: "Zalmai Rassoul is an Afghan politician who served as Foreign Minister of Afghanistan from January 2010 to October 2013. He previously served as National Security Advisor from June 2002 to January 2010. Through his various roles in Government, Rassoul played a key role in building the Afghan security architecture, uniting the international community in support of an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace process, strengthening regional cooperation and security through the establishment of the Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan and the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process, and rebuilding vital industries. He stood as a candidate in the 2014 presidential election. Later, Rassoul was appointed as the Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United Kingdom and Ireland from 2020 to 2024."
tagline: "Afghan politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zalmai_Rassoul_in_June_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-05-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.27800666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "Zalmai_Rassoul"
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DrZalmaiRassoul.AF"
    handle:    "DrZalmaiRassoul.AF"
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    title: "Zalmay Rassoul"
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    title: "Zalmai Rassoul"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump