When the Taliban attacked Afghan parliament, there was one man incredibly calm as chaos erupted and dozens fled around him.

The speaker of Afghanistan’s legislature Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi, barely blinked as a suicide bomber detonated a car outside the building and six gunmen stormed the compound.

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As the building shook, dust and debris rained and people screamed in panic, but Mr Ibrahimi sat resolutely, calling for calm while security tried to cover him.

Video of the moment the attack happened spread online because the session was televised.

Parliament was sitting to endorse a nominee standing to be the next defence minister.

He reportedly blamed the dangerous disruption to parliament on an electrical fault, although his colleagues seemed to be more sure about the serious nature of the situation.

Nine people perished in the callous act of violence and given the attack’s viciousness, people have been stunned at how calm Mr Ibrahimi remained.

This Afghan speaker is the picture of calm under pressure. https://t.co/eOn0lmnyPj

— Oren Dorell (@OrenDorell) June 22, 2015

Suicide bomb attack? Yeah, whatever. Afghan parliament gets hit, speaker keeps calm, keeps talking in smoke, debris https://t.co/iMRpSLxl57

— Kristina Shevory (@shevory) June 22, 2015

Unbelievably calm under attack…the Afghan parliament speaker: http://t.co/QTTFvxbrBu #Kabulattack — Sonali Shah (@SonaliShah) June 22, 2015

Both Afghan soldier #EssaKhan & Afghan Lower House speaker Abdul Rauf #Ibrahimi showed bravery & courage during #AfghanParliamentAttack

— Ahmad Shah Azami (@AhmadShahAzami) June 22, 2015