Masood Khan مسعود خان | |
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 Khan at the UN in New York on Jan 30, 2015. | |
| President of Azad Kashmir | |
| In office 25 August 2016 – 25 August 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Raja Farooq Haider Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi |
| Preceded by | Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan |
| Succeeded by | Sultan Mehmood Chaudhry |
| Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations | |
| In office 11 October 2012 – 7 February 2015 | |
| President | Asif Ali Zardari Mamnoon Hussain |
| Prime Minister | Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Nawaz Sharif |
| Preceded by | Hussain Haroon |
| Succeeded by | Maleeha Lodhi |
| Pakistani Ambassador to China | |
| In office September 2008 – September 2012 | |
| Appointed by | Yousaf Raza Gillani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Rawalakot, Poonch District, Azad Kashmir |
Masood Khan (Urdu: مسعود خان) is a retired Pakistani-Kashmiri diplomat who served as Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States.[1] Khan also served as the 27th President of Azad Kashmir.[2] Khan joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1980. From August 2003 to March 2005, he served as the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and International Organisations in Geneva, Switzerland, from 2005 to 2008, Pakistan's Ambassador to China between September 2008 and September 2012 and as Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, New York, between October 11, 2012 and February 7, 2015.[3][4]
He served as the Director General of Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad between February 2015 and August 4, 2016.[5]
- ^ "Masood Khan to be appointed as Pakistan's ambassador to US". Daily Times. 4 November 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
- ^ Naqash, Tariq (16 August 2016). "PML-N's Masood Khan elected AJK president". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ Masood Khan Pakistan envoy to China The Nation (newspaper), Published 13 September 2008, Retrieved 13 November 2018
- ^ He had also served as the President of the UN General Assembly during his tenure as Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the UN."Meet the man who will save the internet" The Register, 14 November 2005, Retrieved 13 November 2018
- ^ "PM picks ex-diplomat for AJK president slot". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 4 August 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2018.