Saeed Mohammad Khan

Saeed Mohammad Khan
NI(M)  HI(M)  SI(M)  SBt  LoM
Chief of Naval Staff
In office
9 November 1991 – 9 November 1994
Preceded byAdm. Yastur-ul-Haq Malik
Succeeded byAdm. Mansurul Haq
Chairman of National Shipping Corporation
In office
8 November 1988 – 12 March 1990
Pakistan Ambassador to the Netherlands
In office
1994–1998
Prime MinisterBenazir Bhutto
Personal details
Born(1935-10-01)1 October 1935[1]
Bhopal, Bhopal State, British India
(Present-day Bhopal, India)
Died4 December 2022(2022-12-04) (aged 87)
Islamabad, Pakistan
NicknameBeast of the Sea
Military service
Allegiance Pakistan
Branch/service Pakistan Navy
Years of service1954–1994
Rank Admiral
UnitNaval Operations Branch
CommandsVice-Chief of Naval Staff
Commander Pakistan Fleet
Flag Officer Sea Training
Battles/warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
AwardsNishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Basalat
Legion of Merit

Admiral Saeed Mohammad Khan NI(M)HI(M)SI(M)SBtLoM (1 October 1935 – 4 December 2022), was a Pakistan Navy officer who served as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of the Pakistan Navy from 9 November 1991 until retiring from his military service on 9 November 1994.[2] After his retirement, he briefly served as the Pakistan Ambassador to the Netherlands, having been appointed by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in the 1990s.[3]

  1. ^ "Excerpts-I". Excerpts-I. 1994. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. ^ "پاک بحریہ کے سربراہ۔ ایڈمرل سعید محمد خان". www.pakistanconnections.com/. Pakistaniconnections.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. ^ Khan, Shaharyar M. (28 July 2000). The Begums of Bhopal: A History of the Princely State of Bhopal. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781860645280. Retrieved 25 January 2017.