Jamsheed Marker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jamsheed Marker

Pakistani diplomat

Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1922

Place of Birth: Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan

Date of Death: 21-Jun-2018

Profession: diplomat

Nationality: Pakistan, Mali

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jamsheed Marker, Hilal-e-Imtiaz (24 November 1922 – 21 June 2018), was a Pakistani diplomat with a 42-year diplomatic career.
He was notable for his tenure as Ambassador to the United States, serving from 17 September 1986 to 30 June 1989 during the administrations of Prime Ministers Muhammad Khan Junejo and Benazir Bhutto.
He claimed to have 'helped' negotiate the Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan.From 1995 through 2005, Marker taught a course in "Diplomacy in International Relations" at Eckerd College, a small local college in St.
Petersburg, Florida. In 2003, Marker was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz Award (Crescent of Excellence) by President Pervez Musharraf.