Question: What president appointed the US ambassador to the United Nations that republished a list of senior Taliban leaders that included Taliban Provincial Governors?
Context: Maulvi Ahmed Jan (died November 21, 2013) was a former Taliban official who eventually became the Haqqani Network's chief spiritual adviser.  Hailing from Ghazni province of Afghanistan, Ahmad Jan had also served the Taliban government of Mullah Omar as federal minister for water and power, before being appointed the Governor of the Zabul Province in 2000.  His name figured on the CIA’s list of most wanted Taliban commanders, mainly because he was being accused of masterminding a number of deadly suicide attacks in Afghanistan.  According to the United Nations in 2000 an individual known as Maulavi Ahmad Jan was the Taliban's Governor of Zabol Province. The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the appointed Head of State of the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.  The governor is designated by the Prime Minister and is normally regarded a ceremonial post.  However, in throughout the history of Pakistan, the powers of the provincial governors were vastly increased, when the provincial assemblies were dissolved and the administrative role came under direct control of the governors, as in the cases of martial laws of 1958–1972 and 1977–1985, and governor rules of 1999–2002.  In the case of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, there were two direct governor rules, in 1975 and 1994, when the provincial chief ministers of those times were removed and assemblies dissolved. Asad Qureshi is a British filmmaker who was kidnapped on 26 March 2010 by a militant group called the "Asian Tigers" in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghanistan border, where he was making a film in North Waziristan and interviewing Taliban leaders.  Qureshi was accompanied by his driver, Rustam Khan, and two senior members of the Inter-Services Intelligence, Khalid Khawaja and Colonel Imam during his trip.  All four were abducted; Khawaja was killed and his body was found a month later in Mir Ali with an attached note accusing him of spying for the United States and being responsible for killing people during the Siege of Lal Masjid.  Qureshi and his driver were released in September 2010 through family negotiations after 165 days of captivity.  Colonel Imam was executed in January 2011.  Qureshi's release was a rare occurrence as the Pakistani Taliban have been known to execute most of their victims. Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations John R. Bolton republished a United Nations list of senior Taliban leaders that included Taliban Provincial Governors. Michele Jean Sison (born May 27, 1959 in Washington, D.C.) is the United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations and a career member of the United States Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor.  In July 2017, Sison was appointed to the position of US Ambassador to Haiti.  Among the major issues facing her in her new role will be navigating a just response by the United Nations to victims of a cholera epidemic the organization started in October 2010.  She will also be confronted with the U.S. government's pending decision on whether or not to extend Temporary Protected Status to Haitian immigrants who were in the U.S. at the time of the massive earthquake in Port-au-Prince in January 2010. John Robert Bolton (born November 20, 1948) is an American lawyer and diplomat who has served in several Republican administrations.  Bolton served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from August 2005 until December 2006 as a recess appointee by President George W. Bush.  He resigned in December 2006, when the recess appointment would have otherwise ended, because he was unlikely to win confirmation from the Senate in which a newly elected Democratic Party majority would be taking control in January 2007. Senior leaders of the Taliban are currently stationed in Doha, Qatar.  The original purpose for the Taliban leaders’ presence in Qatar was to open an office that would facilitate reconciliation between members of the Taliban, Afghanistan, the U.S. and other countries.  However, shortly after the opening of the Taliban office in 2013, the office was closed by the Qatari government.  While the Taliban leaders are still present in Doha, and continue to be provided for by the Qatari government, since that day, all peace negotiations have been suspended and the Taliban office remains closed. National Assembly elections were held in the Philippines on September 20, 1943 for the elected and appointed representative to the newly created National Assembly of the Second Philippine Republic which replaced the National Assembly of the Philippines of the Commonwealth of the Philippines.  The Commonwealth government was exiled in Washington, D.C. upon the invitation of Pres. Roosevelt.  The Japanese took over Manila on January 2, 1942 and soon established the Japanese Military Administration to replace the exiled Commonwealth government.  It utilized the existing administrative structure already in place and coerced high-ranking Commonwealth officials left behind to form a government.  In order to win greater support for Japan and its war effort, no less than Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tōjō promised the Filipinos independence earlier than the Tydings-McDuffie Act had scheduled.  But before it could be realized a constitution would have to be adopted.  The Preparatory Commission for Philippine Independence drafted what came to be known as the 1943 Constitution.  It provided for a unicameral National Assembly that was to be composed of provincial governors and city mayors as ex officio members and another representative elected from each province and city who were to serve for a term of three years.  Though created subordinate to the executive, the National Assembly had the power to elect the President, who in turn appoints the provincial governors and city mayors, ensuring him control of the legislature. Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai (d. August 21, 1997) was a politician and diplomat of Afghanistan.  He was an ethnic Pashtun, a member of the Barakzai Mohammadzai tribe.  During the 1970s he entered the Afghan foreign service.  He was sent to the United States to represent the political administration supported by the Soviet Union.  As the Ambassador to the UN, Mr. Ghafoorzai thought it his duty to call on the global partners to denounce the Soviet invasion in 1979.  From then until 1992, he worked as a representative official to trigger international support against the regime that the Soviets had set up in Afghanistan.  When the communist government fell in 1992, Ghafoorzai acted as an intermediary to unite the factions of Afghanistan.  He worked in the United Nations until 1995, and then became deputy foreign minister.  He became foreign minister in July 1996.  in September 1996 the government troops withdrew from Kabul and the Taliban captured Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, The International community did not recognize the Taliban as Afghanistan legitimate government except Pakistan, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the Islamic State of Afghanistan government established the new cabinet in Mazar e Sharif in the north of Afghanistan, meanwhile the Afghanistan Embassies and the Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations was in control of Islamic State of Afghanistan as legitimate representative of Afghanistan.  Ghafoorzai continued as Afghanistan Foreign Minister until August 11, 1997, just 10 days before his death, he was appointed prime minister of the Islamic State of Afghanistan government.  He was killed in a plane crash in Bamyan Province when he was going to negotiate to form his cabinet with their allies. The Governor of Sindh is the appointed Head of State of the provincial government in Sindh, Pakistan.  The governor is designated by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister and is normally regarded as a ceremonial post.  However, throughout the history of Pakistan, the powers of the provincial governors were vastly increased, when the provincial assemblies were dissolved and the administrative role came under direct control of the governors, as in the cases of martial laws of 1958-1972 and 1977-1985, and governor rules of 1999-2002.  In the case of Sindh, there were three direct instances of governor's rule under Mian Aminuddin, Rahimuddin Khan and Moinuddin Haider respectively, in 1951-1953, 1988, and 1998 when the provincial chief ministers of those times were removed and assemblies dissolved.  The Governor House, Karachi is the official residence of the Governor of Sindh.  Muhammad Zubair is the current Governer of Sindh.  He was appointed on 30 January 2017.
Answer: George W. Bush