Hilal Hussain

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Lieutenant general
Hilal Hussain
32nd Defence Secretary
Assumed office
24 August 2020
MinisterPervez Khattak
Preceded by
Military career
Allegiance Pakistan
Service/branch Pakistan Army
RankLieutenant general
Commands heldArmy Strategic Forces Command
I Corps
AwardsHilal-i-Imtiaz (M)
Alma materNational Defence University
Other workpresident of Pakistan Golf Federation

Mian Muhammad Hilal Hussain is a retired lieutenant general of the Pakistan Army who is 32nd and current defence secretary of Pakistan. Proceeded by lieutenant general , he was appointed to the post on 24 August 2020 by the government of Pakistan.[1] Before retiring from the military service, his last assignment included commander of Army Strategic Forces Command.

Military career[]

Hussain graduated from the Command and Staff College and the National Defence University, in addition to obtaining his education from Army Command and Staff College.

He was commissioned in the Pakistan Army with posting at an uncertain self-propelled artillery in 1982.[2] He served as a major while stationed at Siachen Glacier. During his career as lieutenant colonel, he was posted at the Line of Control (LoC), and brigade commander for operational areas with additional charges to command western border.[1]

Prior to his appointment as commander of the Army Strategic Force Command in September 2015, he was appointed to I Corps as a general officer commanding after succeeded by in October 2015.[3] His instructional assignments includes military advisor to Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations and military secretary to the president of Pakistan. Before commanding infantry brigade in the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), he served as director general of Pakistan Rangers at Punjab and director general for Military Training at the General Headquarters.[2]

Other works[]

In 2017, he was elected president of Pakistan Golf Federation for the term of four years which ended in 2020 before serving as defence secretary.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Defence, Ministry Of (2021-09-08). "Ministry Of Defence". Ministry Of Defence. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  2. ^ a b Khan, Iftikhar A. (2018-09-30). "ISI chief among five generals retiring". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  3. ^ Banerji, Rana (2015-10-10). "Rana Banerji: All the general's men". Business Standard Column. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
  4. ^ "لیفٹیننٹ جنرل میاں محمد ہلال حسین پاکستان گالف فیڈریشن کے صدر منتخب". Nawaiwaqt (in Urdu). 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
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