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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[General (Pakistan)|General]]
| honorific-suffix = [[Nishan-i-Imtiaz|NI(M)]], [[Hilal-e-Imtiaz|HI(M)]]<ref name="COAS Name">{{Cite web |title=Lt General Asim Munir |url=https://ispr.gov.pk/chief-of-army-staff |website=www.ispr.gov.pk |language=en}}</ref>
| native_name = {{nobold|عاصم منیر}}<ref name="COAS Name">{{Cite web |title=Lt General Asim Munir |url=https://ispr.gov.pk/chief-of-army-staff |website=www.ispr.gov.pk |language=en}}</ref>
| image = General Asim Munir (Pakistan).jpg
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| term_end2 = 6 October 2021
| president2 = [[Arif Alvi]]
| office3 = '''23rd'''28th [[Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence|Director General of the ISI]]
| term_start3 = 25 October 2018
| term_end3 = 16 June 2019
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| term_end4 = 24 October 2018
| president4 = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| predecessor4 = [[Major general|Major General]] Nadeem Zaki Manj
| successor4 = [[Major general|Major General]] [[Sarfraz Ali (military officergeneral)|SarfarazSarfraz Ali]]
| office5 = Commander [[Force Command Northern Areas]]
| president5 = [[Mamnoon Hussain]]
| term_start5 = October 2014
| term_end5 = December 2016
| predecessor5 = [[Major general|Major General]] Hafiz Masroor Ahmad
| successor5 = [[Major general|Major General]] Saqib Mehmood Malik
}}
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| allegiancebranch = {{flag|Pakistanarmy|23pxPAK}}
| branch = {{army|Pakistan|23px}}
| serviceyears = 1986–present
| rank = [[File:OF-9 Pakistan Army.svg|10px]][[File:General of Armies insignia.svg|30px]] [[General (Pakistan)|General]]
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*[[JGSDF Camp Takigahara|Fuji School Japan]]
*[[Malaysian Armed Forces]] College<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1013247-lt-gen-asim-munir-a-brief-profile|title=COAS pick: Lt Gen Asim Munir — a brief profile|date=24 November 2022|website=The News International|accessdate=18 December 2022}}</ref>
| battles = {{tree list}}
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*[[Insurgency in Balochistan]]
*[[Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad]]
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[[General officer|General]] '''Syed Asim Munir Ahmed Shah'''<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/amp/1015127-general-asim-munir-assumes-command-of-pakistan-army
|title=General Asim Munir assumes command of the Pakistan Army
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|date=30 November 2022
|access-date=13 February 2024
}}</ref><ref name="COAS Name">{{Cite web |title=Lt General Asim Munir |url=https://ispr.gov.pk/chief-of-army-staff |website=www.ispr.gov.pk |language=en}}</ref> [[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]], [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz|HI(M)]] ({{lang-ur|سید عاصم منیر احمد شاہ
}}; born 1968)<ref name="COAS Name">{{Cite web |title=Lt General Asim Munir |url=https://ispr.gov.pk/chief-of-army-staff |website=www.ispr.gov.pk |language=en}}</ref> is a Pakistani [[general]] and the current [[Chief of Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Army Staff]] since 29 November 2022.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |title=Lt General Asim Munir set to become next army chief, govt announces |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1013235-lt-general-asim-munir-set-to-become-next-army-chief-govt-announces |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref> Before becoming the army chief, he was posted at the [[General Headquarters (Pakistan Army)|GHQ]] as [[Quartermaster general]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1705151 | title=Who will be the next army chief? | date=16 August 2022 }}</ref> He commanded the [[XXX Corps (Pakistan)|XXX Corps]] in [[Gujranwala]] from 17 June 2019 to 6 October 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ispr.gov.pk/press-release-detail.php?id=5339|title=Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan|website=www.ispr.gov.pk|access-date=2019-06-16}}</ref> He served as the 23rd28th [[Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence|Director-General of the ISI]] until he was replaced by [[Lieutenant general (Pakistan)|lieutenant general]] [[Faiz Hameed]] on 16 June 2019.<ref>[https://nation.com.pk/17-Jun-2019/reshuffle-in-army-top-brass Reshuffle in army top brass] 17 June 2019, The Nation.</ref> Munir received the [[Sword of Honour (Pakistan)|Sword of Honour]] for his performance as a cadet in the [[Officers Training School]] (OTS), [[Mangla]].<ref name="GeoNews">{{Cite web |date=29 November 2022 |title=A brief look at General Asim Munir's career |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/454445-a-brief-look-at-lt-gen-asim-munirs-career |website=[[Geo News]]}}</ref>
== Early life and education ==
Munir was born in [[Rawalpindi]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]] to a [[Punjabi Muslimpeople|Punjabi]] family, with their roots lying in [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India]], from where his parents migrated following the 1947 partition of India. They moved to [[Toba Tek Singh]] before settling down in [[Rawalpindi]]'s Dheri Hassanabad. His late father, Syed Sarwar Munir, was the principal of the FG Technical High School, [[Lalkurti]], Rawalpindi and the imam of a mosque, Masjid-al-Quraish, situated in a locality of Dheri Hassanabad, where he often delivered the [[Khutbah|Friday Khutbah sermon]]. Munir has two siblings, Syed Qasim Munir and Syed Hashim Munir. One of his brothers is a government school teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From Jalandhar (India) to Rawalpindi: family profile of new Army Chief General Asim Munir |url=https://www.unewstv.com/234977/from-jalandhar-india-to-rawalpindi-family-profile-of-new-army-chief-general-asim-munir |access-date=2023-11-23 |website=UNewsTv |language=en-US}}</ref>
Munir got his early religious education in a [[Madrasa|traditional Islamic seminary]] in Rawalpindi, the Markazi Madrasah Dar-ul-Tajweed, in his youth also being a local [[Cricket|cricketer]] as a [[Fast bowling|fast bowler]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 November 2022 |title=COAS Asim Munir played cricket in Rawalpindi's Dheri Hassanabad |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/455475-coas-asim-munir-played-cricket-in-rawalpindis-dheri-hassanabad |website=[[Geo News]]}}</ref>
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==Military service==
Munir is from the 17th course of the [[Officers Training School]] (OTS) in [[Mangla]]. He was commissioned in the 23rd Battalion of the [[Frontier Force Regiment]]. He started his military career on 25 April 1986.
As a [[lieutenant colonel]], Munir served in [[Riyadh]], [[Saudi Arabia]] as part of the close defence cooperation between [[Riyadh]] and [[Islamabad]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-24 |title=Who is Lt Gen Asim Munir? |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/676422-Who-is-Lt-Gen-Asim-Munir |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=Dunya News |language=en}}</ref> and also served in the [[Siachen Glacier]].
While he was a [[brigadier]], he served as the chief of staff of Pakistan's [[I Corps (Pakistan)|I Strike Corps Mangla]], and commanded an infantry brigade in the [[Gilgit-Baltistan|Northern Areas]]. He was promoted to the rank of [[Major general|major-general]] in 2014 and served as the commander of the [[Force Command Northern Areas|troops deployed in the Northern Areas of Pakistan]].
Munir also served as the director-general of [[Military Intelligence of Pakistan|Military Intelligence]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-25 |title=Gen Asim Munir is first Pak Army chief to have headed both ISI, MI |url=https://www.siasat.com/gen-asim-munir-is-first-pak-army-chief-to-have-headed-both-isi-mi-2465639/ |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=The Siasat Daily |language=en-US}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Hilal-i-Imtiaz]] in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |title=President confers 58 military, 73 civil awards |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/296052-president-confers-58-military-73-civil-awards |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref> Munir was promoted to the rank of [[lieutenant general]] in September 2018 and was subsequently appointed as [[Inter-Services Intelligence|DG ISI]]. In June 2019, Munir was replaced by Lt. Gen. [[Faiz Hameed]] as the new DG ISI. Subsequently, Munir was appointed as corps commander of [[XXX Corps (Pakistan)|XXX Corps]] in [[Gujranwala]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1488673 | title=Faiz made ISI chief in military shake-up | date=17 June 2019 }}</ref> From 2021 to November 2022, Lt-General Munir was posted at GHQ as the Quartermaster General of Pakistan Army. In November 2022, Lieutenant General Munir was promoted to the four-star [[General officer|general]] rank and appointed as the [[Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of the Army Staff]] of the [[Pakistan Army]].
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=== Visit to the United States ===
[[File:Acting Deputy Secretary Nuland Meets with Pakistan Chief of Army Staff Munir - 53397993500.jpg|thumb|Munir and Lt. Gen. [[Nadeem Anjum]] meeting US Secretary of State [[Antony Blinken]].]]
Munir visited the [[United States]] in December 2023, being hosted by the US Secretary of Defense, [[Lloyd Austin]], Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, [[Charles Q. Brown Jr.|Charles Q. Brown]], and US Deputy National Security Adviser, [[Jonathan Finer]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pakistan, US 'intend to increase interaction' as Pakistani army chief visits Washington |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistan-us-intend-to-increase-interaction-as-pakistani-army-chief-visits-washington/3083678 |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref> Munir reemphasised [[Pakistan–United States relations|ties with the United States]], which were under strain during former prime minister Imran Khan’s premiership.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2024-02-05 |title=Why the U.S. Doesn't Seem to Care About Imran Khan or Pakistan's Unfair Election |url=https://time.com/6663747/pakistan-imran-khan-election-democracy-us/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref> The US reaffirmed Pakistan as an "[[Major non-NATO ally|ally]]" and expressed support for its commitments to regional security and defence cooperation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Iqbal |first=Anwar |date=2023-12-13 |title=With COAS in Washington, US reaffirms Pakistan's 'ally' status |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1797413 |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>