Rizwan Akhtar

Lieutenant General
Rizwan Akhtar
HS HI(M)
Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar HS HI(M)
رضوان اختر
President of the National Defence University
	In office; 11 December 2016 – 9 October 2017
21st Director General of the ISI
	In office; 7 November 2014 – 11 December 2016
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif
Preceded by	Zaheer-ul-Islam
Succeeded by	Naveed Mukhtar
Director General Rangers (Sindh)
Nickname	Spy Master
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Army
Years of service	1982 - 2017
Rank	Lieutenant-General
Unit	Frontier Force Regiment
Commands	President National Defence University; DG ISI; DG Rangers (Sindh);
Awards	Hilal-e-Shujaat; Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military);

Lieutenant General Rizwan Akhtar HS HI(M) (Urdu: رضوان اختر) is a former three-star rank Pakistan Army general. He is a former spymaster who served as Director General of the ISI. He served from 8 November 2014 to 11 December 2016. On 8 Oct 2017, he announced his pre-mature retirement from the army.

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