List of ambassadors of Pakistan to the United States


The Pakistan Ambassador to the United States is in charge of the Pakistan Embassy, Washington, D.C. and Pakistan's diplomatic mission to the United States. The official title is Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to the United States of America.
Asad Majeed Khan is the current ambassador to the United States.

History

The embassy of Pakistan in Washington, D.C. was built on 28 August 1947, when Pakistan attained independence from Great Britain and separated from India to form the Dominion of Pakistan. From the onset, Pakistan adopted a pro-American policy, with relations taking an upturn in 1954 when Pakistan signed several defense pacts with the United States- first the SEATO and then CENTO in 1955. Their relations were soured because of the subsequent Indo-Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971, but were rejuvenated due to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the ensuing covert war of 1980–88. Pakistan's secret nuclear programme led the US to impose sanctions on Pakistan, thus deteriorating Pakistani-American relations, but the War on Terrorism again placed Pakistan in the good books of America, improving the two countries' bilateral relations once more.
Therefore, the Pakistani ambassadors to the US were not only the top officers of the Pakistani civil service, but also political appointees of respective governments of the time. Some former ambassadors later rose to command positions in the Pakistani government, with one of them, Muhammad Ali Bogra, becoming the Prime Minister of Pakistan.

List of Pakistani Ambassadors to the United States

Name and TitleImageEntered OfficeLeft Office
Abul Hassan Isphani8 October 19488 February 1952
Muhammad Ali Bogra27 February 195216 April 1953
Syed Amjad Ali26 September 195317 September 1955
Muhammad Ali BograNovember 1955March 1959
Aziz Ahmed23 March 1959July 1963
Ghulam Ahmed19 July 196315 September 1966
Agha Hilaly21 October 196620 October 1971
Maj Gen N.A.M. Raza22 October 197122 April 1972
Sultan Muhammad Khan15 May 19728 December 1973
Lt Gen Sahabzada Yaqub Khan19 December 19733 January 1979
Sultan Muhammad Khan13 January 197931 December 1980
Lt Gen Ejaz Azim7 July 198115 September 1986
Jamsheed Marker17 September 198630 June 1989
Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan12 July 198915 September 1990
Najmuddin Shaikh14 October 199022 November 1991
Abida Hussain26 November 199124 April 1993
Maliha Lodhi21 January 199430 January 1997
Riaz Khokhar12 March 19977 September 1999
Tariq Fatemi8 September 199916 December 1999
Maliha Lodhi17 December 19994 August 2002
Ashraf Qazi19 August 20026 August 2004
General Jehangir Karamat17 November 20043 June 2006
Maj Gen Mahmud Ali Durrani5 June 20069 May 2008
Husain Haqqani26 May 200822 November 2011
Sherry Rehman23 November 201114 May 2013
Jalil Abbas JilaniDecember 2013February 2017
Aizaz Ahmad ChaudhryMarch 2017May 2018
Ali Jehangir Siddiqui29 May 201825 December 2018
Asad Majeed Khan11 January 2019Incumbent