Embassy of Afghanistan, Tokyo

Haron AMIN
(hah-ROHN' ah-MEEN)
Afghan Ambassador to Japan,
non-resident Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand and the Republic of the Philippines

Master of Arts in Political Science, May　2005, St. John's University, NY
Received Certificate of International Law in the Master's Program, St. John's University

July 19, 1969

Born in Kabul, Afghanistan

1980	Settled in Pakistan after the Soviet invasion
1981	Resettled in Frankfurt, Germany
1983	Resettled in Los Angeles, California, USA
1988	Joined anti-Soviet Resistance under Commander Ahmad Shah Massoud
1990	Represented the Resistance before US Congress and Administration
1991	Undergraduate Studies at Pasadena City College and University of California, Riverside
1995	Special Aide to the Ministry of Defese
1995	Joined the Afghan Foreign Service, Chief of staff, Office of the Deputy Foreign Minister
1997	Chief of Staff, Office of the Foreign Minister & later the Prime Minister
1998	First Secretary & later Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the UN
Sept. 2001	Spokesperson for the anti-Taliban UNIFSA Resistance Front (conducted over 1,500 interviews with major international TV & Print media)
Jan. 2002	Named by Newsweek Magazine as one of 77 “People for the Future” and “changing the world as we know it” (January 7, 2002). Charge d'Affaires (Minister-Counsellor), Afghan Embassy in Washington, DC
June 2002	Deputy Chief of Mission (Minister Plenipoteniary), Afghan Embassy in Washington, DC
July 2003	Charge d'Affaires (Minister Plenipotentiary), Afghan Embassy in Washington, DC
Feb. 2004	Ambassador-Designate, Afghan Embassy in Tokyo
April 2004	Ambassador, Afghan Embassy in Tokyo
Nov. 2004	Appointed Visiting Professor at Takushoku University for 2004-2005 Lecture Series: "The Role of Japan in the World Scene."
May 2005	Received a Masters in Political Science from Saint John's University in New York
Awards:	Freedom, Faith and Hope Medal, Georgetown University, USA (2002) President's Medal, La Salle University, USA (2002)