Jalil Abbas Jilani
His Excellency Jalil Abbas Jilani | |
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.jpg) 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 | 2 February 1955 Multan |
| Nationality |  Pakistani |
Jalil Abbas Jilani is a Pakistani diplomat and the current Ambassador of Pakistan to the United States. A specialist in South Asian affairs, he is the 22nd person to hold this office. Previously he was the Foreign Secretary from March 2012 to December 2013.
Ambassador Jilani was born on 2 February 1955 in Multan, Pakistan. He comes from a family of bureaucrats. His father, Makhdoom Mazhar Hussain Jilani, was a Public Service Commission officer and his older brother, Asghar Hussain Jilani, was the Chief Secretary of Punjab. Former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, is his maternal uncle.
His wife is Shaista Jilani, daughter of Salahuddin Jilani of Multan.
Jalil Jilani has 3 children, Ahmed, Amir Hamza and Talha. Ahmed works for the United Nations in Rome, Amir had been employed by the Centre for International Economics in Australia, but is now attending graduate school at Georgetown; and Talha is a senior at Sidwell Friends School in DC. [1]
He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law (Oxford) and an M.Sc. in Defence and Strategic Studies.
After joining the Foreign Service of Pakistan in March 1979, he served at the Foreign Office as a Section Officer (1981-1982) and a Director (1992-1995). As Deputy Secretary at Prime Minister’s Secretariat (1989-1992). And, again at Foreign Office, as the Director General South Asia & SAARC (2003-2007).[2] He also served as the Government’s Spokesman on Foreign Affairs (2005).
His other assignments include Deputy High Commissioner, Acting High Commissioner, First Consul, Acting Ambassador to
- Jeddah (1983-1985)
- London (1985-1988)
- Washington (1995-1999)
- New Delhi (1999-2003)
- Australia (2007-2009)
He has also served as Ambassador of Pakistan to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union. He used to interact with the NATO HQ based in Brussels on regular basis.[3]
He was appointed as Ambassador to the United States in December 2013.[4]
References
- ^ "Change of Guard: With Salman Bashir retiring, Jalil Abbas Jilani steps up". The Express Tribune. 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
- ^ Jalil Jilani to be new Foreign Secy - The Daily Mail News
- ^ Government formally appoints Jalil Abbas Jillani as US ambassador
- ^ Jalil Abbas Jilani appointed ambassador to US - DAWN.COM
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