Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations
Appearance
Ambassador of Pakistan to the United Nations | |
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Emblem of Pakistan | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Style | His Excellency Ambassador |
Residence | Manhattan, New York City |
Nominator | Prime Minister of Pakistan |
Appointer | President of Pakistan |
Term length | 3 years |
Inaugural holder | Patras Bokhari |
Formation | 30 September 1947 |
Deputy | Mohammad Aamir Khan Deputy Permanent Representative |
Website | Pakistan Mission – UN |
The Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations (
UN ambassador) is the head of Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in New York, there is another Pakistani Mission based at the United Nations Office at Geneva
, Switzerland.
The mission is usually headed by a career
foreign service officer, but has historically been led by an eminent personalities from business, media, law and other areas and are usually political appointees.[contradictory] The current holder of the position is Munir Akram; prominent previous holders include Dr. Maleeha Lodhi, Masood Khan and Muhammad Zafarullah Khan
.
List of ambassadors
Name | Entered office | Left office |
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Syed Itaat Husain | 1948 | 1951 |
Patras Bokhari | 1951 | 1954 |
Prince Aly Khan
|
February 1958 | May 1960 |
Muhammad Zafrullah Khan
|
1961 | 1964 |
Syed Amjad Ali | 1964 | 1967 |
Agha Shahi | 1967 | 1972 |
Iqbal Akhund | 1972 | ? |
Niaz A. Naik
|
1978 | 1982 |
Sardar Shah Nawaz | 1982 | 1989 |
Jamsheed Marker | September 1990 | March 1995 |
Ahmad Kamal | March 1995 | August 1999 |
Inam-ul-Haq | August 1999 | February 2000 |
Shamshad Ahmad | February 2000 | May 2002 |
Munir Akram | May 2002 | September 2008 |
Hussain Haroon
|
September 2008 | October 2012 |
Masood Khan | October 2012 | January 2015 |
Maleeha Lodhi | February 2015 | 30 September 2019 |
Munir Akram | September 2019 | incumbent[1] |
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