[1] Pashtun.
Father: Khalilullah Khalilzad (d.)
Mother: Zahra Khalilzad
Brother: David Khalilzad
Brother: Tory Khalilzad
Sister: Aziza Monawar
Sister: Malika Monawar
Sister: Basima Khalilzad
Wife: Cheryl Benard (analyst at RAND Corporation, two sons)
Son: Alexander Khalilzad Benard
Son: Maximilian Khalilzad Benard
High School: Ghazi Lycée, Kabul
University: BA, American University of Beirut
University: MA, American University of Beirut
University: PhD, University of Chicago
Professor: Political Science, Columbia University (1979-89)
US Ambassador to the United Nations (17-Apr-2007 to 20-Jan-2009)
US Ambassador to Iraq (21-Jun-2005 to 26-Mar-2007)
US Ambassador to Afghanistan (28-Nov-2003 to 20-Jun-2005, special envoy)
US National Security Council Islamic Outreach, Southwest Asia Initiatives
US Defense Department Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, Policy Planning (1991-92)
US State Department Special Advisor to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs (1985-89)
Cambridge Energy Research Associates Analyst
Unocal Consultant
Council on Foreign Relations
Project for the New American Century
RAND Corporation Project Air Force (1993-99)