Ashraf Jehangir Qazi | |
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Spokesperson of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Foreign Relations |
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Assumed office September 2012 |
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Personal details | |
Born | 1942 |
Citizenship | Pakistan |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf |
Residence | Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory |
Ashraf Jehangir Qazi (born 1942) is a politician from Pakistan. He was selected as a spokesman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in 2013. He has also served several national and international jobs.
In 2007, Qazi was appointed as a special representative of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Sudan. He completed his tenure in Sudan in 2010. Between 2004 and 2007, he was the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in charge of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq.
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 and ambassador to Syria (1986–88), East Germany (1990–91), Russia (1991–94), and later to China (1994–97). While at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad, he served as director of East Asia (1975–1978), director-general for Policy Planning and Afghanistan (1982–1986) and Additional Foreign Secretary for Policy Planning, Afghanistan, Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1988–1990). He also has had diplomatic assignments in Copenhagen, Tokyo, Cairo, Tripoli and London. He is half Irish. His mother, Jennifer Musa, was from County Kerry in Ireland. She lived until her death in Pishin, Balochistan, Pakistan. His father's name is Qazi Musa.