Bangladesh High Commissioner to the Australia | |
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Assumed office 25 March 2025 | |
President | |
Prime Minister | Muhammad Yunus (acting) [1] |
Preceded by | Md Sufiur Rahman |
F. M. Borhan Uddin is a Bangladeshi diplomat and the ambassador of Bangladesh to Australia. He is the former ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines. [2] [3] He was the coordinator of the Coronavirus Cell, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [4]
Borhan Uddin was born in Terokhada Upazila in Khulna district. He completed his master's in sociology in 1991 at the University of Dhaka. [5] He completed a Bachelor of Laws in 2008 at the University of London. [5]
Uddin joined the foreign service branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1995. [5] [6] He began his diplomatic career abroad as a third Secretary and later as a second Secretary at the Bangladesh Mission in Cairo. [5] He then served as first Secretary at the Bangladesh Missions in Seoul and Dubai. [5]
From 2012 to 2015, Uddin was posted at the Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo as counsellor and later minister. [5] He served as consul general at the Bangladesh Consulate General in Istanbul from July 2015 to February 2017, and then as consul general in Jeddah from February 2017 to December 2019. [5] [7] He was the director general of the West Asia Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the coordinator of the Corona Cell. [8] From October 2021 to March 2025, he was the ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines. [5]
In April 2025, Uddin was appointed as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Australia. [9]