Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai

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 [ʃɪr mʊˈhamad aˈbɑs stɑnɪkˈzai]; 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]