1. Former Ambassadors to Jordan:
Sayed Mohammad Gilani (20101215 - 20150607)
Gulab M. Zazai (20150608)
GenLt Abdullah Khan Habibi (20170427)
2. Previous Functions:
1st brigade, 205th Corps commander
IG for the ANA General Staff (20050310)
G-1 General Staff Chief of Personnel (2005, 2009)
Commander 201st Corps "Silab (Flood) Corps" (20100920, 20110508-2012)
Chief of staff at MoD
nominated Minister of Defense (MoD) (20160419) approved by Wolesi Jirga (20160620) resigned (20170424)
Ambassador to Jordan (20170427)
3. Biodata:

Lt Gen Abdullah Khan Habibi Abdullah Habibi Abdul Abdullah son of Ghulam Habibi was born 1952 and hails from Kunar province. He has an MA in Military Science (1976). He is a career army officer who has served in every regime since that of President Najibullah (ie also under the mujahedin and Taleban regimes), posts that have culminated in his position as director of the Afghan army’s general staff. He is the former commander of 201st Corps. Abdullah Khan was nominated as Minister of Defense. Abdullah Khan, whose penultimate position was chief of personnel in the ANA’s general staff, comes across as a good choice to succeed Stanakzai at the MoD. According to officials both in the National Security Council and the Resolute Support Mission, he enjoys a reputation of professionalism, attaining high marks in his military training (including in the Soviet Union), and clean hands. With his unbroken career throughout the most diverse regimes, Abdullah Khan seems to be ‘un-political’ enough to be considered for this position – but, at the same time, might lack full-hearted political backing.(20150419)  He is expected to be introduced to Parliament for a vote of confidence soon.(20150422)
 

The Afghan parliament approved Abdullah Khan Habibi as the Minister of Defense during a voting process. Habibi  received 167 votes out of 224 lawmakers available in the session. (20160620)

Habibi, Afghanistan's defense minister and army chief of staff Shahim resigned Monday Apr 24, 2017, days after a Taliban attack that left at least 136 Afghan soldiers dead.

Gen Habibi is married and has five children.

He speaks Dari und Russian.

More Background Gen Abdullah Khan Habibi:
A brief history of his services in the army is as following:

-          1972, Air force 88 artillery

-          1974, Instructor -  Military university

-          1982, 17^th Division

-          1981. Lived outside Afghanistan go get higher education

-          1984, Operation Director- Border Forces

-          1986,  Deputy Intelligence Head - Border Forces (Major General)

-          1987, General Commander of Border forces (Lt. General)

-          1995, First Deputy of Minister of Defense, Education

-         2003, after the transitional government of Afghanistan and recreating Afghan National Army (ANA), Habbibi worked as    Director of Audit and General Staff.  

-          2005, Director of Personnel- General Staff (Major General)

-          2008, Military Assistant to the Defense Minister (Major General)

-          2010, Corps Commander, 201^st Selab Military Corps

-          2012, Director of Personal, General Staff ( Major General)

-          2015, Chief of Staff, (Lt. General)