Rafeeuddin Ahmed


Rafeeuddin Ahmed of Pakistan served as the Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for 21 years.

Career

Rafiuddin Ahmed started his career as a lecturer in Political Science at the Government College University in 1954. Then he served as an official at the Foreign Service of Pakistan.
His various roles within the United Nations started on 2 May 1970 and have included:
In addition to his Secretary and Under-Secretary posts, he has served as:
Rafeeuddin Ahmed is an alumnus of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, where he studied in International Economics and International Law. He has also earned a MA in Political Science from the University of Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan.
Rafeeuddin Ahmed is married to Nighat Ahmed and is father to Zia Ahmed, also a Fletcher alumnus, and Kamaluddin Ahmed, a prominent lecturer at Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan.