Jauhar Saleem is a Pakistani career

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known for soft diplomacy. He assumed charge as Acting Foreign Secretary on Sep 30, 2022. He also served as Pakistan's ambassador to Italy from April 2020-September 2022.

Early life

Jauhar Saleem, a career diplomat of the Foreign Service of Pakistan born on 10 April 1963. His hometown is

Lahore Lahore ( ; pnb, ; ur, ) is the second most populous city in Pakistan after Karachi and 26th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 13 million. It is the capital of the province of Punjab where it is the largest city. ...

, Pakistan.

Education

Jauhar Saleem was educated at GCU

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Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private university, private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hem ...

and

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

Career

Saleem is currently serving as Acting Foreign Secretary. He served on various assignments in the Pakistan Foreign Office as well as Pakistan's diplomatic missions abroad, including Brazil, Turkey, USA, and Croatia. Prior to his appointment as ambassador in 2007, he was also the Director General for Europe and Eurasia in the Foreign Office,

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Saleem was the Ambassador of Pakistan to Bosnia & Herzegovina from 2008 to 2011.

Bahrain

Saleem served as the Ambassador at the Embassy of Pakistan in Bahrain from 2011 to 2014.

Foreign Office Islamabad

Saleem is currently serving as the Acting Foreign Secretary. He has also served as Additional Foreign Secretary (Administration) and Director-General Foreign Service Academy Islamabad.

Germany

He was appointed as Pakistan's Ambassador to Germany in October 2015 and served there from 2016 to 2020.

Italy

From April 2020 till September 2022, he served as Pakistan's ambassador to Italy with

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to Slovenia, Albania and San Marino and took charge in April 2020.

References

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