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Lieutenant general Hilal Hussain

32nd Defence Secretary
In office 24 August 2020 – 24 August 2022
Minister	Pervez Khattak Khawaja MUHAMMAD Asif
Preceded by	Ikram Ul Haq
Succeeded by	Hamood Uz Zaman
Military career
Allegiance	Pakistan
Service / branch	Pakistan Army
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	Army Strategic Forces Command I Corps
Awards	Hilal-i-Imtiaz (M)
Alma mater	National Defence University
Other work	president of Pakistan Golf Federation

Mian Muhammad Hilal Hussain is a retired lieutenant general of the Pakistan Army who served as the 32nd defence secretary of Pakistan from 2020 to 2022. Proceeded by Lieutenant General Ikram Ul Haq, he was appointed to the post on 24 August 2020 by the government of Pakistan.^[1] Before retiring from the military service, his last assignment included commander of Army Strategic Forces Command.

Military career

Hussain graduated from the Command and Staff College and the National Defence University, in addition to obtaining his education from Army Command and Staff College.

He was commissioned in the Pakistan Army with posting to 3 (SP) Medium Regiment Artillery in 1982.^[2] He served as a major while stationed at Siachen Glacier. During his career as lieutenant colonel, he commanded 44 (SP) Medium Regiment he was posted at the Line of Control (LoC), and brigade commander for operational areas with additional charges to command western border.^[1]

Prior to his appointment as commander of the Army Strategic Force Command in September 2015, he was appointed to I Corps as its commander succeeded by Umar Farooq Durrani in October 2015.^[3] His instructional assignments includes military advisor to Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations and military secretary to the president of Pakistan. Before commanding infantry brigade in the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA), he served as director general of Pakistan Rangers at Punjab and director general for Military Training at the General Headquarters.^[2]

Other works

In 2017, he was elected president of Pakistan Golf Federation for the term of four years which ended in 2020 before serving as defence secretary.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Ministry of Defence (2021-09-08). "Ministry Of Defence". Ministry Of Defence. Archived from the original on 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
^ ^a ^b Khan, Iftikhar A. (2018-09-30). "ISI chief among five generals retiring". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
^ Banerji, Rana (2015-10-10). "Rana Banerji: All the general's men". Business Standard Column. Retrieved 2021-09-09.
^ "لیفٹیننٹ جنرل میاں محمد ہلال حسین پاکستان گالف فیڈریشن کے صدر منتخب". Nawaiwaqt (in Urdu). 2017-11-28. Retrieved 2021-09-09.

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