The governmenthas appointed Md Jashim Uddin as the twenty seventh foreign secretary of Bangladesh, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledged lately (8 September).
A profession diplomat, Jashim joined Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1994.
Jashim, from the 13th batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) Cadre, served broadly both at residence and in one other nation.
Sooner than his appointment as Foreign Secretary, he used to be serving as Bangladesh’s Ambassador to the Of us’s Republic of China with concurrent accreditation to Mongolia.
He additionally served as Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Qatar from 2020 to 2022 and as Bangladesh’s Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic (Greece) with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Malta and Republic of Armenia from 2015 to 2020.
Jashim Uddin’s Ambassadorial assignments had been preceded by stints as Deputy Excessive Commissioner on the Bangladesh Excessive Price in Islamabad from 2012 to 2013; as Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission on the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington DC from 2008 to 2012; as Counsellor at Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo from 2003 to 2005; and as First Secretary and Counselor on the Bangladesh Excessive Price in New Delhi from 2000 to 2003.
In between, he additionally served on the headquarters in diverse capacities. From 2013 to 2015, he used to be Director Long-established on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka in price of South Asia as successfully as the East Asia and Pacific Wings. From 2005 to 2008, he used to be Director in price of South Asia in Dhaka.
A student of Worldwide Family, Ambassador Md. Jashim Uddin did both his Bachelor’s and Master’s from University of Dhaka.
In a while, he acquired an MA Stage in As much as date Worldwide Analysis from University of Leeds, UK. He additionally attended a yearlong route on the Nationwide Defence College in Dhaka.
On 1 September, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs allege farewell to instantaneous previous Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen, though his contractual appointment used to be scheduled to entire in December this year.
Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossan and senior officers of the ministry had been fresh on the ceremony.
Masud Momen’s contractual appointment used to be cancelled a day after his formal farewell.
The old govt prolonged the tenure of Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen by two more years below a contractual appointment effective from 6 December 2022 or from the date of his joining.
