Foreign Secretary (Bangladesh)

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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 Mr.Masud Bin Momen. [1] The first Foreign Secretary was Abul Fateh.

List of foreign secretary

List of foreign secretary
SL noNameTenure
1 Abul Fateh 30.12.1971 to 16.01.1972
2 Sayyid Anwarul Karim [2] 17.01.1972 to 14.07.1972
3 Enayet Karim 14.07.1972 to 16.02.1974
4 Fakhruddin Ahmed 22.10.1974 to 15.11.1975
5 Tabarak Hussain 15.11.1975 to 06.09.1978
6 Shah A M S Kibria 06.12.1978 to 02.05.1981
7 Humayun Rashid Choudhury 16.06.1981 to 01.06.1982
8 A.H. Ataul Karim 01.06.1982 to 07.10.1984
9 Faruq Ahmed Choudhury 07.10.1984 to 17.07.1986
10Fakhruddin Ahmed17.07.1986 to 08.05.1987
11 A.K.M Nazrul Islam 09.05.1987 to 19.07.1988
12 Mohammed Mohsin 19.07.1988 to 25.06.1989
13 A.K.H Morshed 25.06.1989 to 21.10.1989
14 Abul Ahsan 05.11.1989 to 19.09.1991
15 Reaz Rahman 19.09.1991 to 13.12.1993
16 M.R. Osmany 13.12.1993 to 09.02.1995
17 Farooq Sobhan 07.03.1995 to 16.09.1997
18 Mustafizur Rahman 16.09.1997 to 27.02.1999
19 C.M Shafi Sami 23.03.1999 to 26.01.2001
20 Syed Muazzem Ali 11.03.2001 to 17.07.2001
21 Shamsher M. Chowdhury, BB24.10.2001 to 17.03.2005
22Hemayetuddin17.03.2005 to 10.12.2006
23 Md. Touhid Hossain 17.12.2006 to 08.07.2009
24 Mohammed Mijarul Quayes 09.07.2009 to 02.12.2012
25 Shahidul Haque 10.01.2013 to 30.12.2019
26 Masud Bin Momen 31.12.2019 to present

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