Amjad Hussain B. Sial

His Excellency
Amjad Hussain B. Sial
امجد حسین بی۔ سیال
Sial in 2018
13th SAARC Secretary General
In office
1 March 2017 – 29 February 2020
Preceded by Arjun Bahadur Thapa
Succeeded by Esala Ruwan Weerakoon
Personal details
Nationality Pakistani

Amjad Hussain B. Sial (Urdu: امجد حسین بی۔ سیال) is a Pakistani diplomat who served SAARC Secretary General from March 2017 to February 2020.

Education

Sial received a master's degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from National Defence University, Pakistan.

Career

On 1 March 2017, he replaced Arjun Bahadur Thapa and assumed the office of SAARC Secretary General. Before becoming SAARC Secretary General, he was special secretary at Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

He had served as the ambassador to Tajikistan from 2011 to 2014 and permanent representative of Pakistan to the United Nations.