20 Facts About Naela Chohan

Naela Chohan is a hyperpolyglot with demonstrable fluency in seven Indo-European languages including Persian, French, and Spanish.

Naela Chohan is committed to the prohibition of global Chemical Weapons, being the first civilian and woman to head the National Authority on the Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical weapons in Pakistan.

Naela Chohan is responsible for having conceived or restored several Pakistani landmarks including the Plaza de Pakistan in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Naela Chohan was the first female foreign diplomat to be received in Tehran by the Iranian government after the 1979 Revolution.

Naela Chohan has served as High Commissioner of Pakistan to Australia, where she laid emphasis on bolstering bilateral ties, therein prioritizing the enhancement of security, agricultural, educational and economic relations.

Naela Chohan has previously served as Pakistan's Secretary for the Middle East and Africa, prior to which she was the Ambassador of Pakistan to Argentina, Uruguay, Peru and Ecuador, where she has been a vocal proponent of stronger ties between Pakistan and Latin America.

Naela Chohan is an alumnus of Quaid-e-Azam University and Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.

Beyond her diplomatic career, Ambassador Naela Chohan is a strong advocate of Women's Rights through the medium of visual arts, including subjects of pertinence to the social condition of women,.

Naela Chohan assumed this office on 29 October 2014 at Government House, Canberra.

Naela Chohan has the honour as a woman of being the first female foreign diplomat to be received in Tehran by the Iranian government after the 1979 Revolution.

Naela Chohan is committed to the prohibition of global Chemical Weapons, being the first civilian and woman to head the National Authority on the Implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical weapons in Pakistan.

Naela Chohan was unanimously elected Chairperson of the Asia Pacific Development Center, Kuala Lumpur.

Ambassador Naela Chohan has been designated a Profesora Visitante at the School of Oriental Studies at the Universidad del Salvador.

In 2016, Madam Ambassador Naela Chohan was the first Pakistani ever to set foot on the Solomon Islands, and established formal diplomatic relations between Pakistan and The Solomon Islands.

Alongside her diplomatic career, Ambassador Naela Chohan is a strong advocate of women's rights through the medium of visual arts, and her work Souffrance is on permanent display at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris and was inaugurated by Boutros Boutros Ghali on the UN International Women's Day, 2002.

Naela Chohan holds a master's degree in International Relations from Quaid-e-Azam University, and a PhD session certificate in International Relations from Centre d'Etudes Diplomatiques et Strategiques in Paris.

Naela Chohan received training at Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts and the Ecole du Louvre in Paris.

Naela Chohan undertook the Executive Development Program from Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University.

Ambassador Naela Chohan is married to Ambassador Musa Javed Chohan, who has served as Pakistan's Ambassador to France, Permanent Representative to UNESCO, and High Commissioner to Canada and Malaysia.

Naela Chohan has two children, Usman W Chohan and Ibrahim A Chohan.