caption predecessor successor religion birth_place president nationality birth_date order term_start image article_title term_end name alma_mater
dr. for international affairs '' at the 46th munich security conference spanta in germany -lrb- 2010 -rrb- as '' senior advisor to the president abdullah abdullah zalmai rassoul islam october 2014 herat province , afghanistan hamid karzai afghan german 15 october 1953 foreign minister of afghanistan april 20 , 2006 munich security conference 2010 - dett spanta 0024.jpg rangin dadfar spanta
 january 18 , 2010 رنگین دادفر سپنتا dr. rangin dadfar spanta kabul university tehran university
rangin dadfar spanta

dr. rangin dadfar spanta -lrb- born december 15 , 1954 -rrb- 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 .
