Shahabuddin Delawar

{{Short description|Taliban leader and Diplomat}}

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| office = Minister of Minerals and Petroleum of Afghanistan

| status = Acting

| term_start = 23 November 2021

| term_end = 7 July 2024

| 1blankname = Leader

| 1namedata = Hibatullah Akhundzada

| primeminister = Mohammad Hassan Akhund (acting)

| predecessor = Mohammed Isa Akhund

| successor = Gul Agha Ishakzai

| office2 = Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Ambassador to Saudi Arabia

| term_start2 = c. 1996

| term_end2 = c. 2001

| 2blankname2 = Leader

| 2namedata2 = Mohammed Omar

| primeminister2 = Mohammad Rabbani (acting)

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| birth_date = 1950s

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| nationality = Afghan

| party = Taliban

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| alma_mater = Darul Uloom Haqqania

| occupation = Politician, Islamic scholar, Taliban member

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Maulvi Shahabuddin Delawar ({{Langx|ps|مولوي شهاب الدين دلاورد}}) (born; 1950s) is an Afghan senior leader of the Taliban and Islamic scholar. Delawar was formerly the Minister of Minerals and Petroleum in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from 23 November 2021 to 7 July 2024{{Cite news|url=https://pajhwok.com/ps/2021/11/22/the-government-has-appointed-new-caretakers-for-a-number-of-ministries-civilian-and-military/|title = حکومت یو شمېر وزارتونو، ملکي او پوځي ادارو لپاره نوي سرپرستان او مرستيالان وټاکل|date = 22 November 2021|last1 = عرفانیار|first1 = احمدشاه}} and since then the chief of the Afghan Red Crescent Society.{{cite web |title=Changes in Govt Positions Announced by Islamic Emirate |url=https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-189620 |website=TOLONews |access-date=28 October 2024 |date=7 July 2024}} He was a founding member of their negotiating team based in Qatar, arrived there in January 2012.{{cite news |title=Taliban diplomats arrive in Qatar |first=Ben |last=Farmer |date=26 January 2012 |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/9041544/Taliban-diplomats-arrive-in-Qatar.html |newspaper=The Telegraph |access-date=27 August 2021}} He served as ambassador to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia under the Taliban government. He also served as Consul General at the Afghan Consulate in Peshawar.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-47359918|title=طالبان مذاکراتی ٹیم میں کون کیا ہے؟|newspaper=BBC News اردو}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.counterextremism.com/extremists/shahabuddin-delawar|title=Shahabuddin Delawar}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1988/materials/summaries/individual/shahabuddin-delawar|title = SHAHABUDDIN DELAWAR | United Nations Security Council}}

Delawar belongs to Logar province. He completed his graduation from Darul Uloom Haqqania. He has been associated with teaching at religious seminaries and, as of 2021, was running a religious seminary in Peshawar. Delawar joined the Taliban in the 1990s when they emerged in Afghanistan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.afghan-bios.info/index.php?option=com_afghanbios&id=2463&task=view&start=603&Itemid=2|title=Dilawar, Shahabuddin Delawar Maulawi}}