Foreign Secretary (Bangladesh)

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Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh
বাংলাদেশের পররাষ্ট্র সচিব
Government Seal of Bangladesh.svg
Flag of Bangladesh.svg
Incumbent
Asad Alam Siam
since 19 June 2025
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Type Civil Servant
Reports to Standard of the Chief Adviser of Bangladesh.svg Chief Adviser
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Advisory Council
Seat Segunbagicha, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
Appointer Chief Adviser of Bangladesh
Term length Until the age of 59 Term contractually extendable
Inaugural holder Abul Fateh
Formation16 July 1971;53 years ago (1971-07-16)
Salary112080 (US$920)
per month
(incl. allowances)
Website Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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.

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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 Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique. [1] The first Foreign Secretary was Abul Fateh.

List of foreign secretary

No.NameFromTo
1 Abul Fateh 30.12.197116.01.1972
2 Sayyid Anwarul Karim [2] 17.01.197214.07.1972
3 Enayet Karim 14.07.197216.02.1974
4 Fakhruddin Ahmed 22.10.197415.11.1975
5 Tabarak Hussain 15.11.197506.09.1978
6 Shah A M S Kibria 06.12.197802.05.1981
7 Humayun Rashid Choudhury 16.06.198101.06.1982
8 A.H. Ataul Karim 01.06.198207.10.1984
9 Faruq Ahmed Choudhury 07.10.198417.07.1986
10 Fakhruddin Ahmed 17.07.198608.05.1987
11 A. K. M. Nazrul Islam 09.05.198719.07.1988
12 Mohammed Mohsin 19.07.198825.06.1989
13 A.K.H Morshed 25.06.198921.10.1989
14 Abul Ahsan 05.11.198919.09.1991
15 Reaz Rahman 19.09.199113.12.1993
16 M.R. Osmany 13.12.199309.02.1995
17 Farooq Sobhan 07.03.199516.09.1997
18 Mustafizur Rahman 16.09.199727.02.1999
19 C.M Shafi Sami 23.03.199926.01.2001
20 Syed Muazzem Ali 11.03.200117.07.2001
21 Shamsher M. Chowdhury BB 24.10.200117.03.2005
22 Hemayet Uddin 17.03.200510.12.2006
23 Md. Touhid Hossain 17.12.200608.07.2009
24 Mohammed Mijarul Quayes 09.07.200902.12.2012
25 Shahidul Haque 10.01.201330.12.2019
26 Masud Bin Momen 31.12.201901.09.2024
27 Md. Jashim Uddin

08.09.2024

23.05.2025
28 Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique 23.05.2025

References

  1. "Ruhul Alam to carry out routine works of foreign secy: MoFA". The Business Standard. 22 May 2025. Retrieved 23 May 2025.
  2. Bergman, David (24 April 2014). "Questioning an iconic number". The Hindu. No. 1. The Hindu. Retrieved 28 September 2016.