Sultan Mohammed Khan
Sultan Mohammed Khan | |
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10th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan | |
In office 1 July 1970 – 31 March 1972 | |
President | Yahya Khan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
Preceded by | S.M Yusuf |
Succeeded by | Iftikhar Ali |
Pakistan Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 15 May 1972 – 8 December 1973 | |
President | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
Preceded by | N.A.M Raza |
Succeeded by | Sahabzada Yaqub Khan |
Personal details | |
Born | Jaora, Undivided India | 19 February 1919
Died | 8 November 2010 | (aged 91)
Nationality | Pakistani |
Spouse(s) | Abeda Sultan Khan |
Children | Shaheda Sultan Nuzhat Sultan Khan Sultan Riaz Khan Sultan Shahid Khan. |
Alma mater | Allahabad University |
Occupation | Civil servant Foreign service officer |
Sultan Mohammed Khan (19 February 1919 – 8 November 2010) was the former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan.[1] He was also Pakistan's ambassador to the United States in the Nixon[2] and Jimmy Carter presidency.[3][4]
Early life[]
Sultan Mohammed Khan was born in Jaora, Undivided India, on 19 February 1919. He graduated from Allahabad University.
Military service[]
Sultan Mohammed Khan joined the British Indian army as an officer cadet and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 4th Indian Grenadiers, during World War II he served in India and the Malays-Indonesia front . He took an early release from the British Indian army as a major and after independence of Pakistan from the British, Mr Khan joined the Pakistan foreign service.
Pakistan's ambassador to[]
Personal life[]
Sultan Mohammed Khan was married to Abeda Sultan Khan, the couple had four children.
References[]
- ^ "Ex-foreign secretary Sultan Khan passes away". dawn.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Nixon's meeting with Pakistan president". pbs.org. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Sultan M. Khan, Pakistan ambassador". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Former Pakistani Foreign Secretary Sultan Mohammed Khan". wrmea.org. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
- ^ "Sultan Mohammed Khan, Pakistan's foreign secretary at the time and a former ambassador to the U.S." ibtimes.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
External links[]
- Foreign Secretaries of Pakistan
- Pakistani diplomats
- 1919 births
- 2010 deaths
- People from Jaora
- University of Allahabad alumni