Syed Asif Ibrahim

{{Short description|Indian intelligence officer}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Syed Asif Ibrahim

|honorific-suffix =

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|office = Director of Intelligence Bureau

|preceded = Nehchal Sandhu

|succeeded = Dineshwar Sharma

|primeminister = Manmohan Singh
Narendra Modi

|term_start = 1 January 2013

|term_end = 31 December 2014

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|09|28|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Madhya Pradesh, India

|nationality = Indian

|occupation = Intelligence officer / Civil Servant

}}

Syed Asif Ibrahim (born 28 September 1953) is an Indian diplomat and a former director of the Intelligence Bureau, the main internal intelligence agency of India. He held the position of director from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2014.{{cite news|title=Asif Ibrahim takes over as Intelligence Bureau chief|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/asif-ibrahim-takes-over-as-intelligence-bureau-chief/article1-983705.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130101194918/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Asif-Ibrahim-takes-over-as-Intelligence-Bureau-chief/Article1-983705.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 January 2013|accessdate=13 June 2014|newspaper=Hindustan Times}}{{cite news|title=IB, RAW get new chiefs|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/ib-raw-get-new-chiefs/article4135336.ece|accessdate=13 June 2014|publisher=The Hindu newspaper}} He was the first Muslim in India to hold this important position.{{cite news|title=Syed Ibrahim set to be first Muslim chief of IB|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Syed-Ibrahim-set-to-be-first-Muslim-chief-of-IB/articleshow/17366073.cms|accessdate=13 June 2014|newspaper=The Times of India}} He is an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre and belongs to its 1977 batch.{{fact|date=February 2023}}

In June 2015, he was appointed as Indian Prime Minister's special envoy on "Countering Terrorism and Extremism" with a charter to liaise with governments of West Asian countries, and Afghanistan and Pakistan.{{cite news|author=Haidar, Suhasini|title=Ex-IB chief is Prime Minister's special envoy on counter-terror|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/exib-chief-is-prime-ministers-special-envoy-on-counterterror/article7279494.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=4 June 2015|accessdate=4 June 2015}}