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Ashraf Jehangir Qazi, Pakistan’s ambassador to the USA.

Ashraf Jehangir Qazi a Pakistani career diplomat (born 1942) in the United Nations. On September 4, 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.

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] 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 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 resided until her death in Pishin Balochistan, Pakistan.His father name is Qazi Essa. Qazi Essa is ethnic Hazara from Afghanistan were forced (like other Hazara's during the time of Abdul Rehman Khan King of Afghanistan During after Abdul Rehman

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His high school education was at St Francis Grammar School Quetta Balochistan, Pakistan He is married and has two children.

References

1. ^ "SRSG Visits Northern Region of Kurdistan". 18 September 2007. http://uniraq.org/get_article.asp?Language=EN&ArticleID=415. Retrieved 2007-09-20.  
2. ^ "Press Release SG/A/879 BIO/3579" (DOC). 14 July 2004. http://www.uniraq.org/FileLib/misc/bio%20note_SRSG.doc.  
3. ^ "Telegraph Obituary of Jennifer Musa". 18 January 2008. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=Q5N5F5Y55B1B5QFIQMFCFGGAVCBQYIV0?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2008/01/18/db1801.xml.  

External links

• H.E. Ashraf Qazi Speaks at U.S. Institute of Peace March 17, 2006 (Audio archive available)
• UN: Senior Pakistani diplomat named new UN envoy to Iraq
• UN Press Release on Qazi's appointment
• BBC: Annan names new UN envoy to Iraq
• IRAQ: Interview with the UN Special Representative for Iraq, Ashraf Qazi, IRIN, 24 March 2005
• Qazi interview with CNN
• An Interview with Qazi's mother