Sultan Mohammed Khan

Sultan Mohammed Khan
10th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
In office
1 July 1970 – 31 March 1972
PresidentYahya Khan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Preceded byS.M Yusuf
Succeeded byIftikhar Ali
Pakistan Ambassador to the United States
In office
15 May 1972 – 8 December 1973
PresidentZulfikar Ali Bhutto
Preceded byN.A.M Raza
Succeeded bySahabzada Yaqub Khan
Personal details
Born(1919-02-19)19 February 1919
Jaora, Undivided India
Died8 November 2010(2010-11-08) (aged 91)
NationalityPakistani
SpouseAbeda Sultan Khan
Children4
Alma materEwing Christian College
OccupationCivil servant Foreign service officer

Sultan Mohammed Khan (19 February 1919 – 8 November 2010) was a Pakistani civil servant and British India Army officer who served as a Foreign Secretary of Pakistan.[1] He was also Pakistan's ambassador to the United States in the Nixon[2] and Jimmy Carter presidency.[3]

Early life

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Sultan Mohammed Khan was born in Jaora State, British India, on 19 February 1919. He received his bachelor's degree from Ewing Christian College.[4]

Career

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Sultan Mohammed Khan joined the British Indian army as an officer cadet and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 4th Indian Grenadiers, during World War II he served in India and the Malays-Indonesia front.[4] He took an early release from the British Indian army as a major and after independence of Pakistan from the British, Khan joined the Pakistan's foreign service.[4]

During his career as a diplomat, he served as a Pakistan ambassador to the United States, Canada, China, and Japan.[5]

Personal life

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He married daughter of Jaora State ruler, Nawabzadi Abeda Sultan, in 1943.[4] The couple had four children. He emigrated to the United States and lived a retired life in Maryland, United States.[4]

Book

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  • Memories & Reflections of a Pakistani Diplomat (1999)

References

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  1. ^ "Ex-foreign secretary Sultan Khan passes away". dawn.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Nixon's meeting with Pakistan president". pbs.org. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Sultan M. Khan, Pakistan ambassador". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Former Pakistani Foreign Secretary Sultan Mohammed Khan's Colorful Life Parallels His Country's History". WRMEA.
  5. ^ "Sultan Mohammed Khan, Pakistan's foreign secretary at the time and a former ambassador to the U.S." ibtimes.com. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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