Ali Jalali
Ali A. Jalali علی جلالی | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office 28 January 2003 – 27 September 2005 | |
| President | Hamid Karzai |
| Preceded by | Taj Mohammad Wardak |
| Succeeded by | Zarar Ahmad Moqbel |
| Ambassador of Afghanistan to Germany | |
| In office 5 January 2017 – 31 October 2018 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Abdul Rahman Ashraf |
| Succeeded by | Abdul J. Ariyaee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1940 (age 85–86) |
| Spouse | Homaira Jalali |
| Children | 2 |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Islamic Republic of Afghanistan |
| Branch/service | Afghan National Army |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Battles/wars | Soviet–Afghan War |
Ali Ahmad Jalali (Pashto/Dari: علی احمد جلالی) is an Afghan politician, diplomat, and academic. Jalali served as the Minister of Interior from January 2003 to September 2005. He has also been a distinguished professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. In August 2021, amid the collapse of the US-backed Afghan government, Jalali was rumored to become the leader of the Taliban-controlled interim Afghan government, which he has denied on Twitter as "fake news."