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LIST OF APPOINTEES TO SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE SAARC



LIST OF APPOINTEES TO SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE SAARC

Secretary–Generals

Portrait

Dates in Office

State of Origin

Notes

Abul Ahsan

16 January 1985 – 15 October 1989

 Bangladesh

Served as Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh , the UNESCO , and the OIC.

K.Kishore Bhargava

17 October 1989 – 31 December 1991

 India

Emigrated to Canada in 1998.

Ibrahim Zaki

1 January 1992 – 31 December 1993

Maldives

Continuation of ministerial appointments in the Maldives government until 2003.

Yadav K. Silwal

1 January 1994 – 31 December 1995

 Nepal

Served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Naeem Hasan

1 January 1996 – 31 December 1998

 Pakistan

Served as Pakistan Ambassador to Sweden until 2001.

Nihal Rodrigo

1 January 1999 – 10 January 2002

 Sri Lanka

Q.A. Rahim

11 January 2002 – 28 February 2005

 Bangladesh

Chenkyab Dorji

1 March 2005 – 29 February 2008

 Bhutan

Continuation of appointments at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bhutan.

Sheel Sharma

1 March 2008 – 28 February 2011

 India

Served in the Indian DAE , the AECI and as the Permanent Representative to the IAEA.

Fathimath Saeed

1 March 2011 – 11 March 2012

Maldives

Resigned from the post in 2012.

Ahmed Saleem

12 March 2012 — 28 February 2014

Maldives

Arjun Bahadur Thapa

1 March 2014 — 1 March 2017

 Nepal

Former Foreign Secretary of Nepal

Amjad Hussain B. Sial

1 March, 2017 – Present

 PakistanPakistan

Former Special Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Islamabad


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