The Bangladeshi Ambassador to the United States is the official representative of the Government of Bangladesh to the Government of the United States.
List of representatives
Agreement approved |
Diplomatic accreditation |
ambassador |
Observations |
List of Prime Ministers of Bangladesh |
List of Presidents of the United States |
Term end |
April 26, 1972 |
May 5, 1972 |
Enayet Karim |
Agreement requested [1] |
Mujibur Rahman |
Richard Nixon |
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May 18, 1972 |
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EMBASSY OPENED |
Mujibur Rahman |
Richard Nixon |
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May 18, 1972 |
July 1, 1972 |
Enayet Karim |
Chargé d'affaires recalled for appointment as Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh. |
Mujibur Rahman |
Richard Nixon |
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August 1, 1972 |
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Syed Anwarul Karim |
Chargé d'affaires, S.A. Karim, then Pakistan's Deputy Permanent Representative in the UN, who had defected at the same time as his DC colleagues |
Mujibur Rahman |
Richard Nixon |
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February 9, 1973 |
March 2, 1973 |
Hosen Ali |
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Mujibur Rahman |
Richard Nixon |
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September 9, 1975 |
November 21, 1975 |
Mustafizur Rahman Siddiqi |
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Muhammad Mansur Ali |
Gerald Ford |
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July 31, 1978 |
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Humayun Kabir |
Chargé d'affaires |
Mashiur Rahman |
Jimmy Carter |
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September 18, 1978 |
October 2, 1978 |
Tabarak Husain |
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Mashiur Rahman |
Jimmy Carter |
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May 20, 1982 |
|
Abdul Quayyum |
Chargé d'affaires |
Hossain Mohammad Ershad |
Ronald Reagan |
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June 29, 1982 |
July 29, 1982 |
Humayun Rashid Choudhury |
|
Hossain Mohammad Ershad |
Ronald Reagan |
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November 8, 1984 |
December 10, 1984 |
Abu Zafar Obaidullah |
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Ataur Rahman Khan |
Ronald Reagan |
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January 5, 1988 |
March 22, 1988 |
A. H.S. Ataul Karim |
chef de la fr:Mission préparatoire des Nations unies au Cambodge du 16 octobre 1991 au 15 mars |
Moudud Ahmed |
Ronald Reagan |
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October 17, 1991 |
November 25, 1988 |
Abul Ahsan |
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Khaleda Zia |
George H. W. Bush |
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January 14, 1994 |
February 14, 1994 |
Humayun Kabir |
[2] |
Khaleda Zia |
Bill Clinton |
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November 27, 1996 |
February 11, 1997 |
K.M. Shehabuddin |
[3] |
Muhammad Habibur Rahman |
Bill Clinton |
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April 12, 2001 |
June 20, 2001 |
Ahmad Tariq Karim |
[4] |
Latifur Rahman |
George W. Bush |
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January 28, 2002 |
February 14, 2002 |
Syed Hasan Ahmad |
|
Khaleda Zia |
George W. Bush |
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April 21, 2005 |
May 26, 2005 |
Shamsher M. Chowdhury |
|
Khaleda Zia |
George W. Bush |
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July 20, 2007 |
July 25, 2007 |
M. Humayun Kabir |
[5] |
Fakhruddin Ahmed |
George W. Bush |
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September 1, 2009 |
November 4, 2009 |
Akramul Qader |
[6] |
Sheikh Hasina |
Barack Obama |
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August 14, 2014 |
September 18, 2014 |
Mohammad Ziauddin |
[7] |
Sheikh Hasina |
Barack Obama |
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Coordinates: 38°56′30″N 77°04′04″W / 38.941667°N 77.067778°W / 38.941667; -77.067778
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