Ambassador's CV

Curriculum Vitae of MR. MASOOD KHALID
Ambassador of Pakistan to Peoples’ Republic of China

• Born in December 1955.


• Holds Master's degree in International Relations from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.


• Joined Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1979.


• Attended Japanese language course in Naganuma Language School, Tokyo from 1980-81.


• Served at Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Section Officer for Canada & Latin Americas from 1981-82 and Protocol Officer from 1982-84.


• First Secretary, Embassy of Pakistan, Seoul, Republic of Korea from 1984-88.


• Director (China, Japan and Koreas) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1989-92.


• First Secretary/Counsellor, High Commission for Pakistan, London, UK, from 1992-95.


• Counsellor, Embassy of Pakistan, Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 1995-98.


• Director (Americas) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1998-2000.


• Director General (Policy Planning) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2000-01.


• Deputy Permanent Representative, Pakistan Permanent Mission to UN, New York, USA from 2001-05.


• Served as Ambassador of Pakistan to Republic of Korea – 2005-07.


• Additional Foreign Secretary (Asia- Pacific region) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2007-10.


• Served as High Commissioner for Pakistan to Malaysia – 2010-13.


• Appointed as Ambassador of Pakistan to People's Republic of China in January 2013.


• He is married with two children

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