Tehmina Janjua

Tehmina Janjua (Urdu: تہمینہ جنجوعہ‎) is a retired Pakistani career diplomat who served in BPS-22 grade (highest attainable rank for a serving officer) as the 29th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan. She also served as Pakistan's Representative to the United Nations in Geneva and as its ambassador to Italy, with concurrent accreditation to Albania, San Marino and Slovenia.[1][2][3][4][5]

Secretary Tehmina Janjua
29th Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
In office 13 February 2017 – 16 April 2019
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Imran Khan
Preceded by	Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry
Succeeded by	Sohail Mahmood
Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva
Incumbent
Assumed office 6 October 2015
Preceded by	Zamir Akram
Pakistan’s Ambassador to Italy, Albania, San Marino and Slovenia
In office 2013–2015
Spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs Islamabad & Director General (Strategic Planning) Foreign Secretary’s Office
In office 2011–2013
Personal details
Alma mater	Quaid-e-Azam University Columbia University (MIA)

Career

Janjua joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan in 1984 after studying French literature at the Quaid-e-Azam University. Janjua later received a Masters in International Affairs from the SIPA, Columbia University in 1989. She served in Pakistan's missions to New York City and United Nations before serving as the Director of Foreign Secretary's Office between 2004 and 2005. She served as the Director General of Strategic Planning in the Foreign Secretary's Office and in 2011 became Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan.[6] She served as the Ambassador of Pakistan to Italy between December 2011 and October 2015.[7][8][9]

On 6 October 2015, Janjua became Pakistan's envoy to the UN Office in Geneva, and in December 2016, Janjua, became the first woman, and the first developing country representative, to preside over the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.[10] In February 2017, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointed Janjua as Pakistan's Foreign Secretary, succeeding Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry. Making Janjua the first women to hold the highest career position in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[11]

External links

• Tehmina Janjua interview with Al Jazeera.

References

1. "Statement by Tehmina Janjua, Deputy Permanent Representative, at the 92nd Session of IOM Council, Geneva, 28 Nov – 01 Dec 2006". Archived from the original on July 3, 2007.
2. Uploader (2016-06-01). "Pakistan's role in UN peacekeeping highlighted by Ambassador Tehmina Janjua". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
3. "Tehmina Janjua becomes Pakistan's first woman foreign secretary - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
4. "Tehmina Janjua becomes Pakistan's first woman foreign secretary". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
5. "Foreign Secretary Ms. Tehmina Janjua". Embassy of Pakistan, Tokyo. 2017. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
6. "Islamabad: Tehmina Janjua appointed as new spokesperson Foreign Office - Pakistan | Dunya News". Retrieved 2016-08-26.
7. "Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations, Geneva". www.pakistanmission-un.org. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
8. Kennedy, Randy, "Police Shut Down Mosque Installation at Venice Biennale", New York Times, May 22, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
9. "Tehmina Janjua To Be First Woman Foreign Minister | Daily Jang News". jang.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-09-19.
10. "Pakistan makes history as Janjua chairs CCW review conference". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
11. "Tehmina Janjua becomes first woman to be appointed Pakistan's foreign secretary". DAWN.COM. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-02-14.