Nawabzada Agha Muhammad Rza Qizilbash
Pakistan’s Ambassador designate, Nawabzada Agha
Mohammad Raza, H.Q.A., H.K., S.Pk.*, has wide experience in the diplomatic
field, having represented Pakistan in various countries as Ambassador for over
twenty years.
Nawabzada Agha Mohammad Raza was Pakistan’s first
Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China from 1951 to 1954. Subsequently he
was appointed Ambassador to Iran where he served for four years ― from 1955 to
1959. In 1960 he was appointed as Ambassador to the Republic of France. He
stayed there till August 1962, when he was reappointed to China. He was
concurrently accredited to the Mongolian People’s Republic on December 8, 1965.
It was during Nawabzada Raza’s tenure as Ambassador to China that a boundary
agreement was negotiated and finalized between Pakistan and the People’s
Republic of China.
From August 1966 to January 1969 Nawabzada Raza served
as Ambassador of Pakistan to Italy.
Before his nomination as Ambassador to the United
States, Nawabzada Agha Mohammad Raza was Resident Director of the National Oil
Company at Islamabad.
Nawabzada Raza took an active part in World War II and
was Commander of a Brigade in Burma. After the War he was Director for the
selection of personnel for the Army.
Nawabzada Agha Mohammad Raza was educated at the
Bishop Cotton’s School, Simla, and in England. He was commissioned from the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1927. From 1930 to 1934 he worked in the
Government of undivided India’s Foreign and Political Department, and was given
important assignments in the North West Frontier Province, Baluchistan and the
Indian State of Baroda.
Nawabzada Raza comes from the well-known Kazilbash
family of the Punjab which claims a number of diplomats and soldiers. He is
fond of gardening and photography.
Begum Raza, is a well-known social worker.
They have one child, a 19 year old daughter.
* Note on the Awards:
H.Q.A. is Hilal-i-Quaid-i-Azam.
H.K. is Hilal-i-Khidmat.
S.Pk. is Sitara-i-Pakistan.
Pakistan Affairs. Volume 24. No. 35. November, 1971.
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