Syed Hassan Raza
His Excellency / Tuan Yang Terutama Syed Hassan Raza | |
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سید حسن رضا | |
Amb. Syed Hassan Raza, 2013 | |
Additional Foreign Secretary | |
Assumed office November 27, 2017 | |
President | Arif Alvi |
Prime Minister | Imran Khan |
High Commissioner of Pakistan to Malaysia | |
In office February 27, 2014 – November 25, 2017 | |
President | Mamnoon Hussain |
Prime Minister |
Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi |
Preceded by | Shahid M. G. Kiani |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan to State of Qatar | |
In office April 2, 2013 – February 26, 2014 | |
President |
Asif Ali Zardari Mamnoon Hussain |
Prime Minister |
Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Nawaz Sharif |
Preceded by | Sarfraz Khanzada |
Personal details | |
Born |
| January 4, 1959
Alma mater |
St. Anthony's High School (Lahore) Columbia University (M.A.) University of the Punjab Government College, Lahore |
Profession | Diplomat |
Syed Hassan Raza (Urdu:سید حسن رضا) (born 4 January 1959) is a Pakistani diplomat and a senior career foreign service officer. He is currently an Additional Foreign Secretary at Pakistan's Foreign Office. Prior to this appointment, he was the High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Malaysia, and previously the Ambassador to the State of Qatar.[1][2]
Early life and education
Raza was born on January 4, 1959 in Lahore, Pakistan. His father Syed Iftikhar Ahmed was a lawyer of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan from 1978 to 1984. He attended the St. Anthony's High School (Lahore) and later, the University of the Punjab, to study Law, Political Science & Government. Later in 1989, he attended Columbia University in New York City, where he studied International Affairs, South Asian studies, Human Rights and International Law.
Diplomatic career
He joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1986, belonging to the 14th common. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Headquarters in Islamabad, his first assignments included serving as the desk officer for the United Nations and subsequently for Afghanistan. He also served as an assistant legal adviser for international law and treaties. From 2009 to 2013 he was appointed as the Director-General Economic Coordination & FODP (Friends of Democratic Pakistan) divisions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), Islamabad.
His foreign diplomatic assignments include working as a political officer in the Office of the UN Special Representative for Somalia, Admiral Jonathan Howe in Mogadishu, from 1993 to 1994, at the height of the country's civil war. It was during his stay when the Battle of Mogadishu took place on 3 and 4 October 1993. He was then posted to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan at the Embassy of Pakistan from 1995 to 1998. He returned to work in the Central Asia region from 2001 to 2003 as the deputy Head of Mission at the embassy of Pakistan in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In 2003 he was posted to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as the deputy Consul General of Pakistan and concurrently represented Pakistan to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) until 2005. In 2005 he joined the OIC as an advisor to the OIC secretary-general, Ekmeleddin İhsanoğlu, on political and legal affairs. He worked in the OIC for three years, on various issues such as the reform and restructure of the organization, including its new Charter. He left the OIC in 2009 to return to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Headquarters at Islamabad.
He served as the D-8 (Developing-8) commissioner of Pakistan[3] from 2009 until his appointment as Pakistan’s ambassador to Qatar.[4] Ambassador Raza is married with two sons.[5]
References
- ↑ "Embassy of Pakistan, Qatar". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Al-Attiyah meets Pakistan envoy". Gulf Times. April 25, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ↑ "Report of the 32nd Session of the D-8 Commission". D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation. 19–20 November 2012. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ↑ Khan, Zia (April 3, 2013). "Pakistan's new envoy arrives to take charge". Gulf Times. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- ↑ Mallick, L N (April 3, 2013). "Ambassador-designate of Pakistan arrives in Doha". Qatar Tribune. Archived from the original on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- "Pakistanis raise concerns over passports at open day". The Peninsula. August 2, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.