2. Previous Functions:
1992 – 1993 - Minister Counsellor and Charge d’Affaires Embassy of the Islamic Republic Afghanistan in Paris – France.
1993 – 1994 - Manager of the Transoxian Art Gallery – Paris.
1995 – 2002 - Minister Counsellor, Charge d’Affaires, Permanent Mission of the Islamic State of Afghanistan in the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva.
Ambassador to Belgium (2002-2007),
Head of the Afghanistan Mission to the European Communities (2002-2007),
Ambassador in charge of NATO affairs (2004-2007),
Deputy National Security Advisor at the Office of the National Security Council in Kabul (NSC) (2007-2008),
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Afghanistan to the Court of St. James’s, United Kingdom (2009-2011)
Ambassador to Belgium Brussels (2011-20151128)

3. Biodata:
Homaioon Tandar son of Mohammad Ibrahim was born Aug 31, 1956 in Kabul and grew up in a middle class family. 1975 Baccalaureate, Lycee Isteqlal (Kabul – Afghanistan). None of his family had previously served in politics or diplomacy.

At the end of 1979, Soviet troops invaded Mr Tandar’s country, he abandoned his PhD studies and, in 1981, moved to Pakistan to support the Afghan Resistance. 1976 – 1980 Bachelor of Art and Archaeology in La Sorbonne (Paris IV), 1980 – 1981 Master’s Degree in Archaeology in La Sorbonne (Paris IV), 1993 – 1994 Specialization Degree, International Relations in the International Institute for Public Administration (Paris).

Tandar speaks broken, heavily accented English. Tandar  prefers to express himself in French, a language he speaks fluently.

Tandar speaks Dari, French, English. He is married and has two children.