Moeed Yusuf

Moeed Yusuf
Yusuf speaking to media in Islamabad
8th Pakistan National Security Advisor
In office
17 May 2021 – 10 April 2022
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byHimself (as Special Assistant)
Succeeded byVacant
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for National Security & Strategy Planning
In office
24 December 2019 – 17 May 2021
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byNasser Khan Janjua
Personal details
BornPakistan[citation needed]
EducationPolitical science
Alma materBoston University (M.A), (Ph.D)

Moeed W. Yusuf is a Pakistani national security scholar and administrator who is currently serving as the 3rd vice-chancellor of the Beaconhouse National University.[1] Previously, served as the 9th National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Previously he served in the capacity of a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on the National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning from 24 December 2019 to 16 May 2021.[2]

Before joining the government, Yusuf was the Associate Vice President for Asia at the Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., and previously a Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and a Research Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center at Harvard University's Kennedy School.[3]

Yusuf has taught Political Science/International Relations at Boston University, George Washington University, the Lahore University of Management Sciences, and the Quaid-e-Azam University.[3]

  1. ^ https://www.bnu.edu.pk/bnu/bnu-news/Post/3612
  2. ^ "Chairperson SPPC Bio". National Security Division.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b "Moeed W. Yusuf SAPM on National Security & Strategic Policy Planning".