Naela Chohan

Quick Facts

Full Name	Naela Chohan
Occupation	Diplomat
Date Of Birth	May 6, 1958(1958-05-06)
Age	66
Birthplace	Rawalpindi
Country	Pakistan
Birth City	Punjab
Horoscope	Taurus

Naela Chohan Biography

Naela Chohan is one of the most popular and richest Diplomat who was born on May 6, 1958 in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. Naela Chohan (Urdu ny’lh chwhn; alternative spelling Naila Chahan) was born 6 May 1958 in Rawalpindi (Pakistan) and is a Pakistani diplomat, artist, and ambassador. Ambassador Chohan is a veteran diplomat who has held leadership positions in eight different Pakistani diplomatic missions across five continents. Naela Chohan, a hyperpolyglot, has demonstrated fluency in seven Indoeuropean languages, including Persian, French and Spanish.

She has served as a career diplomat and was a member of both the Overseas Employment Corporation of Pakistan (OEC) and Inter State Gas System Limited(Pvt) Board of Directors. She is also a member of Central Board of Film Censors (CBFC). Her unanimous election as Chairperson of Kuala Lumpur’s Asia Pacific Development Center (APDC), Kuala Lumpur (1998-192000) was also a success.

Ambassador Naela Chohan is married to Ambassador (R) Musa Javed Chohan, who has served as Pakistan’s Ambassador to France (2001), Permanent Representative to UNESCO (2001), and High Commissioner to Canada (2007) and Malaysia (1997). She has two children, Usman W. Chohan and Ibrahim A. Chohan.

Naela Chohan & Boutros Boutros Ghali at her art exhibition for the International Women’s Day at UNESCO in Paris (2002)

Naela Chohan is a veteran and experienced diplomat from Pakistan. She has been on eight diplomatic missions to five continents. Naela Chohan has held various diplomatic positions, including Additional Secretary (AS Middle East and Africa), the High Commission of Pakistan at Ottawa, the Pakistan delegation in United Nations General Assembly 41st (1987), Session and 42nd (1988 Session), the Embassy of Pakistan, Tehran (1989-1993) and Kuala Lumpur (1997–2001).

Naela Chohan Net Worth

Naela Chohan is one of the richest Diplomat from Pakistan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Naela Chohan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Naela Chohan, along with a few other diplomats is the first and most senior- most group of women to reach the top echelon of Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As a woman, she has the distinction of being the first Iranian female diplomat to be received in Tehran after the 1979 Revolution. Canadian’s weekly foreign policy magazine Embassy Magazine described her as “though small in stature and soft spoken, Naela Chohan is half of the most powerful power couple in Pakistani foreign services.”

Naela Chohan has a master’s in International Relations at Quaid-e-Azam University (1982) and a session certificate in International Relationships from Centre d’Etudes Diplomatiques et Strategiques, Paris (2002). She was also trained at the Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts (2001). Naela Chohan completed the Executive Development Program (EDP), which was offered by Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government (2006).

Naela Chohan & Datin Sri Endon Mahmood at the Museum of Islamic Heritage, Kuala Lumpur. (1999)

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Who is Naela Chohan Dating?

According to our records, Naela Chohan married to Musa Javed Chohan. As of December 1, 2023, Naela Chohan’s is not dating anyone.

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In April, 2014, Naela Chohan assumed the position of Acting Foreign Secretary (A-FS) at the Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, thereby becoming the first female Foreign Service Officer to hold this office. She subsequently reassumed this office in July, 2014. In February 2018, the state media agency, Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s program Four Corners, reported that a Pakistani man Shahid Mahmood, working as a domestic servant at the Canberra residence was underpaid. The matter is sub judice. The Four Corner’s program noted that the High Commission had categorically denounced all of its accusations as “baseless” and politically “motivated.” Ambassador Chohan subsequently filed a case against Shahid Mahmood in the Islamabad High Court for contract violation and making allegations with a view to seeking asylum on false pretences.

Facts & Trivia

Naela Ranked on the list of most popular Diplomat. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Pakistan. Naela Chohan celebrates birthday on May 6 of every year.

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