Ashraf Qazi

Ashraf Jehangir Qazi
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Spokesperson of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on Foreign Relations
Incumbent
Assumed office September 2012
Personal details
Citizenship	Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Political party	Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Residence	Islamabad, Islamabad Capital Territory
Religion	Islam

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.

Early life and career

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.

External links

• H.E. Ashraf Qazi Speaks at U.S. Institute of Peace 17 March 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

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Khalid Mahmood	Pakistan Ambassador to China 1994–1997	Succeeded by Inam-ul-Haq
Preceded by Riaz Khokhar	Pakistan High Commissioner to India 1997–2002	Succeeded by Aziz Ahmed Khan
Preceded by Maliha Lodhi	Pakistan Ambassador to the United States 2002–2004	Succeeded by Jehangir Karamat
Preceded by Sérgio Vieira de Mello	UN Special Envoy to Iraq 2004–2007	Succeeded by Staffan de Mistura
Preceded by Manuel de Aranda e Silva	UN SRSG in the Sudan 2007–present	Succeeded by Incumbent