Syed Asif Ibrahim (born 28 September 1953) is an Indian diplomat and a former director of the Intelligence Bureau, the main internal

intelligence agency An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, public safety, and foreign policy objectives. Means of informa ...

of India. He held the position of director from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2014. He was the first Muslim in

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

to hold this important position. He is an

Indian Police Service The Indian Police Service ( IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services. It replaced the Indian Imperial Police in 1948, a year after India became independent from the British Raj. Along with the Indian Administrative Service (I ...

(IPS) officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre and belongs to its 1977 batch. In June 2015, he was appointed as Indian Prime Minister's

special envoy Diplomatic rank is a system of professional and social rank used in the world of diplomacy and international relations. A diplomat's rank determines many ceremonial details, such as the order of precedence at official processions, table seating ...

on "Countering Terrorism and Extremism" with a charter to liaise with governments of West Asian countries, and

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and

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...

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Living people 1953 births Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni Directors of Intelligence Bureau (India) Indian police chiefs People from Madhya Pradesh Indian diplomats {{India-diplomat-stub

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