Salman Ahmed | |
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| Director of Policy Planning | |
| Assumed office January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Peter Berkowitz |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | New York University (BS) University of Cambridge (MPhil) |
Salman Ahmed is an American national security and foreign policy advisor serving as the director of policy planning in the Biden administration.
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Education
Ahmed earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from New York University’s Stern School of Business and a Master of Philosophy in international relations from the University of Cambridge.[1]
Career
Ahmed worked for the United Nations as chief of staff for the Head of UN Peacekeeping Operations and secretary of the Panel on UN Peace Operations (see Brahimi Report). He was one of the drafters of the UN Secretary General's Report on the Fall of Srebrenica. Ahmed also participated in and planned UN field missions in Iraq (2003, 2004), Afghanistan (2001–2002), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1996–1998), South Africa (1994), and Cambodia (1992–1993).[1]
Ahmed worked for the Obama administration for 8 years.[2] He joined the Department of State in 2009 and served as a chief of staff of the United States Mission to the United Nations,[3] continuing after July 2013[1] as a special assistant to the President and senior director of strategic planning for the United States National Security Council. He had been a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he specialized in foreign policy and research[4][5][6] and also taught at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.[1]
During the Taliban take over of Kabul, Ahmed was dispatched to Doha to assist Special Representative Zalmay Khalilzad in negotiations with Taliban representatives.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d "Salman Ahmed". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "Salman Ahmed". Department of State.
- ^ "Salman Ahmed". Columbia World Projects. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ "Biden inducts Pakistani-American Salman Ahmed in US State Department". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Lee | AP, Matthew. "Biden fills out State Department team with Obama veterans". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ "Biden fills out State Department team with Obama veterans". AP News. 2021-01-16. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ^ Bertrand, Natasha; Cohen, Zachary; Atwood, Kylie (2021-08-20). "US holding direct and daily talks with Taliban in effort to ease Biden's Afghanistan crisis". CNN. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
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