Moeed Yusuf

Moeed Yusuf
Yusuf speaking to media in Islamabad
9th National Security Advisor of Pakistan
In office
17 May 2021  10 April 2022
PresidentArif Alvi
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byHimself (as Special Assistant)
Succeeded byAsim Malik
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for National Security & Strategy Planning
In office
24 December 2019  17 May 2021
Prime MinisterImran Khan
Preceded byNasir Khan Janjua
Personal details
BornPakistan
EducationPolitical science
Alma materBoston University (M.A), (Ph.D)

Moeed W. Yusuf is a Pakistani national security scholar and administrator who is currently serving as the 3rd vice-chancellor of the Beaconhouse National University. Previously, served as the 9th National Security Adviser to the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Previously he served in the capacity of a Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on the National Security Division and Strategic Policy Planning from 24 December 2019 to 16 May 2021.

Before joining the government, Yusuf was the Associate Vice President for Asia at the Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., and previously a Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, and a Research Fellow at the Mossavar-Rahmani Center at Harvard University's Kennedy School.