Hilal Hussain

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. Preceded by Lieutenant General Ikram Ul Haq, he was appointed to the post on 24 August 2020 by the government of Pakistan. 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. 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.

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.