Nauman Mahmood (born ) is a Pakistani military officer who is serving as the current secretary general of the Mecca Defence Alliance since 5 October 2026. A retired lieutenant general of the Pakistan Army. He previously served as the 35th president of National Defence University from November 2021 to April 2023.
Born into an ethnic Pashtun family of Khattak tribe in Rawalpindi, the country's military headquarters. Mahmood was previously assigned as commanding officer (CO) of an Infantry Regiment and Chief of Staff (COS) of a Corps. He also served as general officer commanding (GOC) of an Infantry Division in North Waziristan District and finally director general Inter-Services Intelligence (DG-ISI (A) Analysis) as a two star before getting promoted to a lieutenant general. He was appointed to the General Headquarters as inspector general for Communication & Information Technology Branch at Rawalpindi.
Biography Nauman Mahmood was born in in Rawalpindi, West Pakistan, into a Pashtun family belonging to the Khattak tribe. He lived in Shaheed Army Officers Colony in the Sabzazar neighbourhood of Rawalpindi.
He was trained at St. Mary's Academy Lalazar. Mahmood was commissioned in the Pakistan Army on 11 September 1987. He graduated from the Pakistan Command and Staff College, Command and Staff College, Egypt and the National Defence University, Islamabad.
As an instructor, he was appointed as chief instructor, senior instructor and instructor class A at Command and Staff College. He has also commanded 2Ak Brigade situated at Rawalakot.
Belonging to the Baloch Regiment, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in April 2019. He was subsequently appointed as commander of the XI Corps in December 2019 until he was preceded by Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed on 23 November 2021.
In September 2026, he was named to lead the tripartite Mecca Defence Alliance's secretariat in Riyadh as the first secretary general.
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