Khalilur Rahman (diplomat)

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Khalilur Rahman
খালিলুর রহমান
High Representative to the Chief Adviser on Rohingya Issues and Priority Affairs
Assumed office
19 November 2024
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Preceded by Mizanur Rahman
Succeeded byNahida Sobhan
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Born Bangladesh
Alma mater
ProfessionDiplomat, Doctor

Khalilur Rahman is a Bangladeshi retired diplomat and former Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Canada. He is the former chief coordinator of corona cell at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [1]

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Early life

Rahman is a medical doctor from Rajshahi Medical College. [1] He has a M.A. from École nationale d'administration and MPhil from Sorbonne University. [1] He has a PhD in public health from Jawaharlal Nehru University. [1]

Career

Rahman joined the Bangladesh Civil Service as a foreign service cadre in 1985. [2]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, Rahman was appointed head of the Corona cell at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in December 2019. [2] On 16 August 2020, Rahman was appointed the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada. [3] He was appointed to International Civil Aviation Organization. [4] He had previously served at the World Health Organization. [5]

Rahman was assaulted at a picnic of the Bangladeshi community in Canada by a former employee of the High Commission, Yusuf Harun, who had refused to return to Bangladesh after his term ended at the commission and alleged his passport was being held by the commission. [6]

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  4. "Bangladesh High Commissioner to Canada Dr Khalilur Rahman presents credentials to Secretary General of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Juan Carlos Salazar Gomez at ICAO Headquarters in Montreal of Canada on Saturday. —PID PHOTO". Daily Sun. November 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
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