Syed Hassan Raza

His Excellency Syed Hassan Raza سید حسن رضا
Amb. Syed Hassan Raza, 2013
High Commissioner of Pakistan to Malaysia
Incumbent
Assumed office February 27, 2014
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Shahid M. G. Kiani
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Pakistan to State of Qatar
In office April 2, 2013 – February 26, 2014
President	Asif Ali Zardari Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Raja Pervaiz Ashraf Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Sarfraz Khanzada
Personal details
Born	(1959-01-04) January 4, 1959 Lahore, Pakistan
Alma mater	St. Anthony's High School (Lahore) Columbia University (M.A.) University of the Punjab Government College, Lahore
Profession	Diplomat

Syed Hassan Raza (Urdu:سید حسن رضا) (born 4 January 1959) is a Pakistani diplomat and a career foreign service officer. He is the current High Commissioner of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to Malaysia. Prior to his appointment to Malaysia, he was the ambassador of Pakistan to the State of Qatar.^[1][2]

Raza attended the prestigious St. Anthony's High School (Lahore) and later enrolled at University of the Punjab, Lahore. Raza is also a graduate of Law & Political Science from Columbia University, New York. He joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1986, belonging to the 14th common. After joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he was appointed as the desk officer for United Nations and subsequently as desk officer for Afghanistan. He also served as assistant legal adviser for international law and treaties. He served as Director-General Economic Coordination & FODP(Friends of Democratic Pakistan) from 2009–13, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), Islamabad.

His foreign diplomatic assignments include political officer in the Office of the UN Special Representative for Somalia from 1993 to 1994. From 1995 to 1998, he served in the embassy of Pakistan in Kyrgyzstan and again worked in the Central Asia region from 2001 to 2003 as deputy head of mission at the embassy of Pakistan in Kazakhstan. He served as the deputy Consul General in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from 2003 to 2005 and an alternate representative of Pakistan to the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). He joined the OIC in 2005 as advisor to the OIC secretary-general on political and legal affairs. He worked in the OIC for three years, on various issues such as the reform and restructure of the organisation, including its new Charter.

He served as D-8 (Developing-8) commissioner of Pakistan^[3] from 2009 until his appointment as Pakistan’s ambassador to Qatar.^[4] Ambassador Raza is married with two sons.^[5]

References

• "Pakistanis raise concerns over passports at open day". The Peninsula. August 2, 2013. Retrieved October 1, 2013.