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Ashraf Qazi
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Ashraf Jehangir Qazi (b. 1942) is a career diplomat in the United Nations.
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 peacekeeping force in Sudan's Southern region.[citation needed]
Between 2004 and 2007 he was the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in charge of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq.[1] His predecessor, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, was killed in the Canal Hotel bombing on August 19, 2003.
Between 2002 and 2004 Qazi was Pakistan's ambassador to the United States.. 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).[2]
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 resides in Pishin Balochistan, Pakistan.
His high school education was at St Francis Grammar School Quetta Balochistan, Pakistan He is married and has two children.
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| Preceded by Maliha Lodhi |
Pakistan's Ambassador to the US 2002-2004 |
Succeeded by ' |
| Preceded by Sérgio Vieira de Mello |
Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General 2004-2007 |
Succeeded by ' |
- ^ SRSG Visits Northern Region of Kurdistan (18 September 2007). Retrieved on 2007-09-20.
- ^ Press Release SG/A/879 BIO/3579 (14 July 2004).
- 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 Staffan de Mistura |
| Preceded by Manuel de Aranda e Silva |
UN SRSG in the Sudan (present) |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Maleeha Lodhi |
Pakistan's Ambassador to the US | Succeeded by Gen. Jehangir Karamat |
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