Abdul Sattar (diplomat)

Abdul Sattar
Abdul Sattar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
6 November 1999 – 14 June 2002
PresidentPervez Musharraf
Preceded bySartaj Aziz
Succeeded byKhurshid Kasuri
In office
23 July 1993 – 19 October 1993
PresidentGhulam Ishaq Khan
Preceded byGeneral Yakub Khan
Succeeded byAseff Ali
17th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
In office
31 May 1986 – 2 August 1988
Preceded byNiaz A. Naik
Succeeded byHumayun Khan
Personal details
Born
Abdul Sattar

1931
Died (aged 88)
Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
Resting placeIslamabad
CitizenshipPakistan
NationalityPakistani

Abdul Sattar (1931 – 23 June 2019) (/ˈɑːbdʊl səˈtɑːr/ AHB-duul sə-TAHR; Urdu: عبد الستار), was a Pakistani political scientist, career foreign service officer, diplomat, author of foreign policy, and nuclear strategist.[1]

Prior to being appointed Foreign minister of Pakistan in two non–consecutive terms, Sattar served in the Foreign ministry, first serving as ambassador to the Soviet Union and Permanent Representative of Pakistan to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).[2][1]

He authored several books on Foreign policy, and won critical praise of his diplomatic skills and work. In a review of Sattar's book Pakistan's Foreign Policy, Amitabh Mattoo of India Today considered Sattar to be "one of the shrewdest foreign policy practitioners that Islamabad has ever produced".[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Oxford University Press was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  3. ^ Mattoo, Amitabh (19 February 2007). "Book review: Pakistani diplomat Abdul Sattar shares insights into Indo-Pak relations". India Today (newspaper). Retrieved 12 August 2019.