Anwarul Bar Chowdhury

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Anwarul Bar Chowdhury
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Italy
In office
24 October 2003 –14 October 2005
OccupationDiplomat, educator

Anwarul Bar Chowdhury (born 1946) is a retired Bangladeshi diplomat and government official. He is an Independent Director of GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited. He is a former secretary of the Ministry of Establishment. [1]

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Early life

Chowdhury was born in 1946. [2] He earned a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka. [2] He also completed a second Master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. [2]

Career

Chowdhury held key government positions. [2] He served as Vice Chairman of the Export Promotion Bureau, Secretary of the Ministry of Establishment and the Ministry of Planning, and as a Member of the Planning Commission. [2] [3] He was also a member of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha. [2]

From 1989 to 1993, Chowdhury was posted as Counsellor at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Warsaw, Poland. [2] Before his retirement, he served as Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Italy, with concurrent accreditation to Greece, Albania, and Serbia. [2] He was appointed ambassador in October 2003, replacing Mohammad Ziauddin. [4] He was also the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Agencies in Rome and the ambassador of Bangladesh to the Vatican. [2] [5] He served till October 2005 and was replaced by M. Fazlul Karim. [4]

After retirement, Chowdhury worked as a Senior Consultant for the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute on a Private Sector Development Project supported by the IFC and the World Bank. [2] Chowdhury also taught at several well-known colleges and universities in Bangladesh during his professional career. [2] He is the chairman of the audit committee and an Independent Director of GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "Non-compliance with Judiciary Separation Directives". The Daily Star. 4 April 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Board of Directors | GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited". www.gspfinance.com. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  3. ↑ "Imamuzzaman new BCIC chairman". The Daily Star. 22 October 2003. Archived from the original on 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  4. 1 2 "Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh Rome". Bangladesh Embassy, Rome. Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "Extraordinary Missions present at the Solemn Funeral of Pope John Paul II". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
  6. ↑ "Audit Committee | GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited". www.gspfinance.com. Retrieved 2025-06-04.
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