Syed Muazzem Ali

Syed Muazzem Ali is a Bangladeshi foreign service officer and career diplomat.[1][2]

Early life

Ali was born on 18 July 1944 in Sylhet, East Bengal, British Raj. In 1966 he completed his MS from University of Dhaka. He joined the Pakistan Civil Service and was trained at the Civil Service Academy in Lahore. From 1973 to 1974 he studied at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.[3]

Career

Ali was serving in the Pakistan Embassy in Washington D.C. when Bangladesh Liberation war started he defected to the Bangladeshi government in exile. He helped found the Bangladeshi embassy to the United States. He helped funnel resources from the United States and the United Nation to the reconstruction of Bangladesh. From 1975 to 1978 he served in Bangladeshi embassy in Poland. He worked in the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York from 1982-1986 and the Bangladeshi High Commissioner in India from 1986-1988.[3][4][5]

During the consul in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. He would go on to serve as Bangladesh Ambassador to Bhutan, Iran, Lebanon, Turkmenistan, France, Syria, and Portugal. Ali Bangladesh’s Permanent Representative to the UNESCO, where he helped establish the International Mother Language Day on 21 February through the introduction of the draft resolution, the Language movement day. He then served as the foreign secretary of Bangladesh, where he worked to facilitate duty free for exports of least developed country to Europe.[3][6] In 2014 he was appointed High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India.[7]

Personal life

Ali's older brother was S. M. Ali was the founding editor of The Daily Star.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bangladesh appoints Syed Muazzem Ali as new envoy to India". The Economic Times. 2014-09-29. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  2. ↑ "Bangladesh missions observe Martyrs' Day". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Biography of Syed Muazzem Ali". bdhcdelhi.org. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Ex-foreign secy Syed Muazzem Ali new Dhaka envoy to India". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  5. ↑ http://www.banglanews24.com. "Dhaka appoints new High Commissioner to India". www.banglanews24.com. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  6. ↑ "International Mother Language Day". The Daily Star. 2010-02-21. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
  7. ↑ Habib, Haroon (2014-09-29). "Syed Muazzem Ali is new Bangladesh envoy". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
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