Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri
Politician
Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (Urdu: خورشيد محمود قصورى; b. 18 June 1941), is a Pakistani senior foreign service statesman, politician, and diplomat who as the Minister of Foreign Affairs from November 2002 until November 2007.Hailing from a political family, Kasuri joined the Foreign service in the 1960s, and played a crucial role in the foreign politics of East-Pakistan in the 1970s where he became noted for his diplomatic skills, although he became aware of atrocities committed by Pakistan's authorities. In the 1970s–80s, Kasuri also served in the Foreign ministry as a director of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Affairs. His political activism started in the 1980s through the MRD alliance led by Benazir Bhutto, while continuing his foreign service assignments in the USSR. He was brought into international arena and political fame by Shaukat Aziz in 2004, and was a noted for his diplomatic skills to serve for his country. In foreign politics, he helped normalise relations with Israel, Russia, India, and the European Union, and putting forward the neutral policies towards other countries. He unsuccessfully contested in a 2008 general elections and subsequently developed serious disagreements with his party's leadership, leading the events to join him the PTI in 2011.Apart from his statesmanship, he had tenured as a professor at the University of Paris and University of Nice in France, and in 2008, he assumed the professorship as a professor of political science as well as the executive directorship of the Beaconhouse National University (BNU). He is a senior member of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and its candidate for National Assembly form Kasur.
Personal facts
| Birth date | June 18, 1941 |
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| Birth name | Mian Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri |
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| Birth place | Lahore , Presidencies and provinces of British India , British Raj |
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| Education | Government College University Lahore University of Nice Sophia Antipolis |
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