Rangin Dadfar Spanta was born on 15th of December 1953 in the province of Herat where he completed his primary and secondary education.

He was enrolled at the Kabul University at Kabul University. In the mid-1970s, Dr. Spanta studied Bachelor of Science in International Relations in Turkey, and settled in Germany in 1982 following the Soviet invasion.

Foreign Minister Spanta earned a Master degree in Political Sciences, Sociology and International Relations and a PhD degree from Aachen University in Political Sciences where he also taught as a professor from 1992 to 2005.

He was also in charge of the University's Third World Studies Institute at which time he also served as a spokesperson for the Alliance for Democracy in Afghanistan, and was active in the German Green Party.

In January 2005, Dr. Spanta returned to teach at Kabul University, and later became the advisor on foreign affairs to President Hamed Karzai. His nomination as Foreign Minister was approved by the Parliament on April 20, and he was sworn in on May 2, 2006. He was appointed to that position by Hamid Karzai during a cabinet reshuffle on March 21, 2006 and approved by the 249-seat lower house on April 20, 2006.

An ethnic Pashtun, Spanta was an ex-patriate for many years as he fled during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. He is married and has a son and a daughter. He is fluent in Dari, Pashto, Turkish, German and English.



Source: http://www.mfa.gov.af



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