1. Former Ambassadors to Tajikistan:
Sayed Mohammad Khairkha (20091122),
Abdul Ghafoor Arizo Abdul Ghafur Arezo, Abdulgafuri Orzu (20110107, 20120601)
Zalmai Younusi (20161231)
2. Previous Functions:
Deputy Commander of Army Corps No 7 in Mazar-e Sharif (2003-2005)
Delegate to the 2003 Constitutional Loya Jirga
Wolesi Jirga Member (2005-2010)
Member of the High Peace Council in Balkh
Political advisor Governor Atta Nur
Head of campaign for Dr. Abdullah in Mazar-i-Sharif in 2014 Presidential Election
Ambassador to Tajikistan (20161231)
3. Biodata:
Zalmay Younusi Zalmai Yunosi Mohammad Gul Zalmai Yunusi is a Tajik from Balkh, born in 1958. He received his primary education in Mawlana Jalaluddin Balkhi school and completed his high school in Balkh. He obtained his bachelor degree from law and politics faculty of Kabul University. He served in many government posts, as staff for ministry of planning, as a staff at the office of attorney general, and member of the High Peace Council in Balkh. He also took part in all the loya jirgas after the Bonn conference.

He is a prominent northern Jamiati and close confidant of the Balkh governor, Atta Muhammad Nur. He was a prominent member of the Jamiat-e Islami party in the northern provinces in the post-2001 period onwards and is close to Balkh’s governor, Atta Muhammad Nur. He served as his deputy for political affairs when Nur was commander of Army Corps No 7 in Mazar-e Sharif and as his political advisor when Atta became governor.(20030523, 20050721) In 2002, he was a member of the UNAMA-brokered northern security commission, established after Jombesh-Jamiat clashes. At the same time, he was in charge of the political affairs of Jamiat-e Islami for northern Afghanistan (20030317). During that period, as a delegate to the 2003 Constitutional Loya Jirga, he was one of the major spokesmen of the ‘northern’ opposition against the presidential system and for larger provincial autonomy, the so-called 11 Jaddi Front (mainly composed of Jamiatis, Jombeshis and northern leftists; he is reported to have belonged to a leftist ethno-nationalist group, SAZA, in the past. In 2005, he ran unsuccessfully for a Balkh seat for the Wolesi Jirga, but later was given a seat as successor to a local MP who had been assassinated. Yunusi ran again in 2010, but was not re-elected. Later, he worked in the ministry of foreign affairs and the Attorney General’s office. In 2009, he was head of Abdullah’s provincial campaign team during the presidential campaign. He was the head of campaign for Dr. Abdullah in Mazar-i-Sharif in the 2014 Presidential Election.

Zalmai Younusi has been nominated by the CEO Dr. Abdullah as Education Minister.(20140112) Wolesi Jirga rejected Nominee for the Ministry of Education Mohammad Gul Zalmai Younusi rejected with 123 votes, 90 in favor, 20 blank, and nine invalid.(20150128)