Farrukh Iqbal Khan
Ambassador Farrukh Iqbal Khan has over 25 years of diplomatic career with the Foreign Service of Pakistan. Prior to joining the Office of the President of the General Assembly, he was leading the United Nations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), as its Director General. Earlier, and amongst various other national and international positions, he served as a Senior Manager in the Executive Office of the Secretary General (EOSG) at the United Nations; Counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN in New York; Director (United Nations) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad; and Second Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the UN in Geneva.
Ambassador Khan brings to OPGA robust experience in advancing priorities on sustainability, climate change, human rights, and peace and security issues. He has chaired and served on the UN and other international committees, and multilateral funds.
A graduate of the National Institute of Management (Pakistan) and a former UN Disarmament Fellow, Farrukh has also served as a Senior Fellow at the Mossavar Rehmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School. He holds a Master of Law (LLM) from Columbia Law School and a Master of International Affairs (MIA) with specialization in International Economic Policy from the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University. He holds a BA from Government College, Lahore, and an LLB (Bachelor of Law) from the University of the Punjab, Lahore. He has written for international journals as well as international and local newspapers.
