M. Humayun Kabir | |
|---|---|
 Kabir at the US Embassy in Dhaka (2017) | |
| Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States | |
| In office July 2007 –2009 | |
| Preceded by | Shamsher M. Chowdhury |
| Succeeded by | Akramul Qader |
M. Humayun Kabir is a Bangladeshi diplomat and former ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States.
Kabir was born on 26 September 1952 in Brahmanbaria,East Pakistan,Pakistan. [1] He did his undergrad in law and master's in political science from the University of Dhaka. [2]
Kabir is a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War. [3] He joined the University of Dhaka in 1977 as a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and taught there till 1980. [3]
Kabir worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1984. [3] From 1984 to 1987,he served as the private secretary to the foreign affairs advisor. [3] From 1987 to 1990,Kabir served as the second and first secretary of the Embassy of Bangladesh to the United States. [3] From 1991 to 1994,he worked as the first secretary at the Bangladesh consulate in Kolkata. [3] From 1996 to 1999,he served in the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations. [3]
Kabir worked as the Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh based in Kolkata from 1999 to 2001. [3] From 2001 to 2003,he held several leadership positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal in September 2003 [4] and served there till 2006. [3] He was the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Australia from 2006 to 2007. [3]
Kabir was appointed the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States in July 2007 and worked there till 2009. [3] [5] He retired with the rank of secretary from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September 2010. [6]
Kabir is the president of Bangladesh Enterprise Institute [6] and a trustee board member of the Asian University for Women. [2] He is a senior advisor to Bower Group Asia. [7]
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