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'''Ashraf Jehangir Qazi''' (b. 1942) is the Special Representative of the [[UN]] Secretary-General for [[Iraq]], and a former senior [[Pakistan]]i [[diplomat]]. He was appointed by UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on 14th of July, 2004. His predecessor, [[Sérgio Vieira de Mello]], was killed in the [[Canal Hotel bombing]] on August 19, 2003. |
[[http://english.people.com.cn/200504/13/images/0412_B05.jpg]]'''Ashraf Jehangir Qazi''' (b. 1942) is the Special Representative of the [[UN]] Secretary-General for [[Iraq]], and a former senior [[Pakistan]]i [[diplomat]]. He was appointed by UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on 14th of July, 2004. His predecessor, [[Sérgio Vieira de Mello]], was killed in the [[Canal Hotel bombing]] on August 19, 2003. |
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Prior to this current assignment, he was [[Pakistan]]'s ambassador to the [[United States]] since September 2002. Before that he was Pakistan's High Commissioner to India (since 1997), ambassador to China (1994-97), to Russia (1991-94), to then-East Germany (1990-91) and Syria (1986-88). |
Prior to this current assignment, he was [[Pakistan]]'s ambassador to the [[United States]] since September 2002. Before that he was Pakistan's High Commissioner to India (since 1997), ambassador to China (1994-97), to Russia (1991-94), to then-East Germany (1990-91) and Syria (1986-88). |
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Revision as of 18:36, 4 September 2007
[[1]]Ashraf Jehangir Qazi (b. 1942) is the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq, and a former senior Pakistani diplomat. He was appointed by UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, on 14th of July, 2004. His predecessor, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing on August 19, 2003.
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Prior to this current assignment, he was Pakistan's ambassador to the United States since September 2002. Before that he was Pakistan's High Commissioner to India (since 1997), ambassador to China (1994-97), to Russia (1991-94), to then-East Germany (1990-91) and Syria (1986-88).
He also had diplomatic assignments in Copenhagen, Tokyo, Cairo, Tripoli and London.
He is half Irish. His mother, Jennifer, is from County Kerry in Ireland. She now resides in Balochistan, Pakistan
He is married and has two children.
On september 4th 2007, the UN's Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed Ashraf Qazi as his new Special Representative in Sudan. His main task will be the supervision of the UN's hybrid peacekeeping force in Sudan's northern region Darfur.
External links
- H.E. Ashraf Qazi Speaks at U.S. Institute of Peace March 17, 2006 (Audio archive available)
| Preceded by Sérgio Vieira de Mello |
UN Special Envoy to Iraq (present) |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Maleeha Lodhi |
Pakistan's Ambassador to the US | Succeeded by Gen. Jehangir Karamat |