Shamoon Alam Khan

Shamoon Alam Khan (Urdu: ) is a retired three-star rank admiral in the Pakistan Navy.

Biography Shamoon Alam Khan was born in Shillong, Meghalaya in India, into an Urdu-speaking family, and his father, Mahboob Alam Khan, was an officer in the Indian Civil Service who worked at an administration position at the Survey of India. His mother, Nisa Begum, was a housewife. Eventually, Mahboob Alam found the employment at the Survey of Pakistan. In 1967, Lt. Shamoon joined the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and was posted in East Pakistan, working on the intelligence gathering.

In 1970–71, Lt-Cdr. Shamoon moved his ISI office in Comilla, and took participation in briefing the formations of Pakistan Marines and special forces of Army and Navy to commence offence on approaching Indian Army. During the height of the civil insurgency in East-Pakistan, Lt-Cdr. Shamoon volunteered into the entrance in the Navy Special Service Group and was a commanding officer of the Navy SEAL Team that conducted a reconnaissance mission to gain knowledge on the Indian Army's movement near the Rangamati, leading to insert the Pakistan Marines battalions, and later made a way to secure intelligence on the Kaptai Dam.

His first diplomatic assignment included Capt. Shamoon's appointment as a Naval attache' at the Pakistan Embassy in Beijing in 1981. In 1983, Capt. Shamoon was promoted as a one-star rank admiral in the Navy, and was selected to attend a year-long staff course at the Royal College of Defence Studies (RCDS) in London. In 1993, R-Adm. Shamoon was promoted to the three-star rank, and eventually appointed senior fleet commander of the Pakistan Fleet. V-Adm. Shamoon played a vital role increasing the security role of the ISI in sea-based operations while strengthening coastal defence by empowering the MSA's capabilities in search and rescue operations. In 1995, V-Adm. Shamoon eventually sought his retirement after completing 40-years of military service.

After his retirement, Shamoon joined the Foreign Service, and was appointed Pakistan Ambassador to Tunisia in 1995, which he served until 1997. In 2001, Shamoon was appointed and sent as a Pakistan Ambassador to Ukraine, which he served until 2004.