Masood Khan

pakistani diplomat

Masood Khan (Urdu: مسعود خان) is a Kashmiri diplomat. He was the 27th President of Azad Kashmir from 2016 until 2021.[1] He was Pakistan's Ambassador to China between September 2008 and September 2012 and as Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations between October 11, 2012 and February 7, 2015.[2]

Masood Khan
مسعود خان
Khan at the UN in New York on Jan 30, 2015.
President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
In office
25 August 2016 – 25 August 2021
Prime MinisterRaja Farooq Haider
Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi
Preceded bySardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan
Succeeded bySultan Mehmood Chaudhry
Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
In office
11 October 2012 – 7 February 2015
PresidentAsif Ali Zardari
Mamnoon Hussain
Prime MinisterRaja Pervaiz Ashraf
Nawaz Sharif
Preceded byHussain Haroon
Succeeded byMaleeha Lodhi
Pakistani Ambassador to China
In office
September 2008 – September 2012
Appointed byYousaf Raza Gillani
Personal details
BornRawalakot, Poonch District, Azad Kashmir

References change

  1. Naqash, Tariq (2016-08-16). "PML-N's Masood Khan elected AJK president". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 13 November 2018.
  2. Masood Khan Pakistan envoy to China Archived 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine The Nation (newspaper), Published 13 September 2008, Retrieved 13 November 2018