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Name:	Riffat Masood
Date of Birth:	09-11-1959
Profession:	Diplomat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Pakistan
Present position:	Consul General, Consulate General of Pakistan, Los Angeles
Education:	B.A (Hons) English Language/Literature from the University of Sheffield, UK

Experience:

Riffat Masood joined the Civil Services of Pakistan in October 1984 as part of the Information Group. She served in the ministry of Information, in the External Publicity Wing for two and half years, before deciding to change her profession. In July1987, she joined the Foreign Service of Pakistan as a young probationer and has served in various capacities.

Riffat Masood’s first foreign assignment was as a Third Secretary in the Pakistan High Commission, London (January 1991-February 1994).She has also served as a First Secretary in the Pakistan Embassy Paris (April 1998-June 2001) and in Ankara, Turkey (June 2001-January 2003). While posted in Paris, she was also Pakistan’s Deputy Permanent Delegate to UNESCO, hence gaining expertise in both multilateral and bilateral diplomacy. Her fourth foreign assignment was at the Pakistan High Commission New Delhi where she served for three and half years, as the Political Counsellor and later as the Deputy High Commissioner. She is now on her fifth posting as the Consul General of Pakistan to Los Angeles.

From 1994-1998, Riffat Masood also had the opportunity of working as the Protocol Officer to the Prime Minister. During this period, she had the honour of serving two Prime Ministers, the late Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, thereby witnessing from close quarters the functioning of government.

In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Riffat Masood has worked in senior positions in the America, Europe, South Asia, and Personnel divisions. Before going to New Delhi, Riffat worked for over a year in the SAARC division as its Director and had the opportunity to travel extensively within the South Asia region.

Riffat Masood is fluent in English, Urdu, Punjabi and Persian and has a working knowledge of French, Arabic, and Turkish. She is married with two daughters.