Foreign Secretary (Bangladesh)

The Foreign Secretary is the most senior diplomat and governmental, non-political official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Government of Bangladesh.

The holder of the post heads all functions of their ministry, including the Foreign Service (also called Diplomatic Service) and reports to the Foreign Minister, who is the most senior political figure with responsibilities for Foreign Affairs.

The current Foreign Secretary is Shahidul Haque.[1] The first Foreign Secretary was Abul Fateh.

List of foreign secretary

List of foreign secretary
SL noNameTenure
1Abul Fateh30.12.1971 to 16.01.1972
2Sayyid Anwarul Karim[2]17.01.1972 to 14.07.1972
3Enayet Karim14.07.1972 to 16.02.1974
4Fakhruddin Ahmed22.10.1974 to 15.11.1975
5Tabarak Hussain15.11.1975 to 06.09.1978
6Shah A M S Kibria06.12.1978 to 02.05.1981
7Humayun Rashid Choudhury16.06.1981 to 01.06.1982
8A.H. Ataul Karim01.06.1982 to 07.10.1984
9Faruq Ahmed Choudhury07.10.1984 to 17.07.1986
10Fakhruddin Ahmed17.07.1986 to 08.05.1987
11A.K.M Nazrul Islam09.05.1987 to 19.07.1988
12Mohammed Mohsin19.07.1988 to 25.06.1989
13A.K.H Morshed25.06.1989 to 21.10.1989
14Abul Ahsan05.11.1989 to 19.09.1991
15Reaz Rahman19.09.1991 to 13.12.1993
16M.R. Osmany13.12.1993 to 09.02.1995
17Farooq Sobhan07.03.1995 to 16.09.1997
18Mustafizur Rahman16.09.1997 to 27.02.1999
19C.M Shafi Sami23.03.1999 to 26.01.2001
20Syed Muazzem Ali11.03.2001 to 17.07.2001
21Shamsher M. Chowdhury, BB24.10.2001 to 17.03.2005
22Hemayetuddin17.03.2005 to 10.12.2006
23Md. Touhid Hossain17.12.2006 to 08.07.2009
24Mohammed Mijarul Quayes09.07.2009 to 02.12.2012
25Md. Shahidul Haque10.01.2013 to

References

  1. ↑ BDNews24: Shahidul Haque new Foreign Secretary
  2. ↑ Bergman, David (24 April 2014). "Questioning an iconic number" (1). The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
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