Jalil Abbas Jilani

Jalil Abbas Jilani
Ambassador

Jilani meeting Maryland governor, Martin O'Malley
Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States
Assumed office
December 2013
Nominated by Mamnoon Hussain
Preceded by Sherry Rehman
Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
In office
March 2012 – December 2013
Personal details
Born (1955-02-02) 2 February 1955
Multan, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani

Jalil Abbas Jilani is a Pakistani diplomat who serves as the 22nd Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States, and previously served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from March 2012 to December 2013.[1][2]

Born in Multan to a family known for high-profile bureaucrats, Jilani was educated as a lawyer at University of Oxford, before joining the Foreign Service of Pakistan in March 1979. He served as the deputy secretary at Prime Minister’s Secretariat between 1989 and 1992, and as the deputy high commissioner to India between 1999 and 2003. He headed as the head of South Asia desk at Foreign Office between 2003 and 2007.[3][4]

In 2007, he was commissioned as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to Australia and served until 2009, when he was tasked as Ambassador of Pakistan to European Union based out of Brussels.[5] He returned to Pakistan to become the country's Foreign Secretary in March 2012.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Change of Guard: With Salman Bashir retiring, Jalil Abbas Jilani steps up". The Express Tribune. 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  2. ↑ "India, Pakistan send career diplomats to Washington". DAWN.COM. 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  3. ↑ Jalil Jilani to be new Foreign Secy - The Daily Mail News
  4. ↑ bwm-admin. "His Excellency Jalil Abbas Jilani". www.washdiplomat.com. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  5. ↑ "Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani". www.embassyofpakistanusa.org. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  6. ↑ "Ambassador to US: Jalil Abbas Jilani gets coveted job - The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. 2013-10-10. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  7. ↑ Government formally appoints Jalil Abbas Jillani as US ambassador
  8. ↑ Jalil Abbas Jilani appointed ambassador to US - DAWN.COM
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Sherry Rehman		 Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
2013–current 		Succeeded by
Incumbent


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