Rangin Dadfar Spanta

رنگین دادفر سپنتا Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta
Dr. Spanta as Senior Advisor to the President for International Affairs at the 46th Munich Security Conference in Germany (2010)
Foreign Minister of Afghanistan
In office April 20, 2006 – January 18, 2010
President	Hamid Karzai
Preceded by	Abdullah Abdullah
Succeeded by	Zalmai Rassoul
Personal details
Born	(1954-12-15) December 15, 1954 (age 69) Karukh District, Herat Province, Afghanistan
Nationality	Afghan German
Alma mater	Kabul University Ankara University RWTH Aachen University

Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta (born December 15, 1954) is a politician in Afghanistan who last served as National Security Advisor of President Hamid Karzai. Prior to that he served as Foreign Minister from April 2006 to January 2010.

He was appointed to that position by President Karzai during a cabinet reshuffle on March 21, 2006, and approved by the 249-seat lower house on April 20, 2006. He was previously the Senior Advisor on International Affairs to President Hamid Karzai. On January 18, 2010, Zalmai Rassoul became the Foreign Minister of Afghanistan.