Saeed Mohammad Khan
| Saeed Mohammad Khan | |
|---|---|
| Chief of Naval Staff | |
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In office 9 November 1991 – 9 November 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Adm. Yastur-ul-Haq Malik |
| Succeeded by | Adm. Mansurul Haq |
| Chairman of National Shipping Corporation | |
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In office 8 November 1988 – 12 March 1990 |
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| Pakistan Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
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In office 1994–1998 |
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| Prime Minister | Benazir Bhutto |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Saeed Mohammad Khan October 1, 1935 Bhopal, Bhopal State, British India (Present-day Bhopal, India) |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | Beast of the Sea |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Navy
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| Years of service | 1954–1994 |
| Rank |
  Admiral
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| Unit | Naval Operations Branch |
| Commands | Vice-Chief of Naval Staff Commander Pakistan Fleet Flag Officer Sea Training |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 |
| Awards |
 Nishan-e-Imtiaz Sitara-e-Basalat
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Admiral Saeed Mohammad Khan (Urdu: سعید محمد خان; b. 1 October 1935), NI(M), SBt, is a retired four-star rank admiral and retired diplomat who served as the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) of the Pakistan Navy from 9 November 1991 until retiring from his military service on 9 November 1994.
After his retirement, he briefly served as the Pakistan Ambassador to the Netherlands, having being appointed by Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in the 1990s.
Saeed Mohammad Khan was born on 1 October 1935 in Bhopal, British India into a Bhopali-Pathan family. His family emigrated to Pakistan following the partition of India in 1947, and settled in Karachi. Pakistan.
In 1954, he gained commissioned as Midshipman in the Operations Branch of the Pakistan Navy in 1954 and was sent to the United Kingdom to be trained at the HMS Dryad as a navigation specialist. Upon his return in 1958, he was promoted as Sub-Lieutenant in the Navy and provided his services of PNS Tariq as a gunnery. In the 1960s, he commanded the PNS Tariq as her commanding officer and participated in the second with India in 1965 and then in the third war with India in 1971 as an artillery specialist and earned a nickname "Beast of the Sea" by his superiors.
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