M Shahidul Islam

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M Shahidul Islam is a retired Bangladeshi diplomat who served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States. [1] [2] He is a former secretary general of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation. [3] He is the former ambassador of Bangladesh to France and South Korea. [3]

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Early life

Shahidul Islam was born on 10 June 1963 in Jhenaidah District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. [4] [5] He completed his master's degree in international affairs from the University of Dhaka in 1987. [4] [5] He completed a diploma from the Paris-based International Institute of Administrative Sciences in 1991. [4] [5]

Career

Shahidul Islam joined the Foreign Service cadre of Bangladesh Civil Service in 1985. [6]

In 1992, Shahidul Islam was the second secretary at the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Kolkata and became the first secretary in 1994. [5]

In 1996, Shahidul Islam was a counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN Office & Other International Organizations in Geneva. [5]

Shahidul Islam was a director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the European Division in 1999 and in 2000 in the officer of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [5]

In 2001, Shahidul Islam was appointed a counsellor in the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington D.C. and in 2004 became the deputy chief of the mission. [5]

From 2004 to 2008, Shahidul Islam was the director general of The Americas and the Pacific Ocean wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [5] He was then appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to South Korea in 2008 and served till 2012. [5] He was then appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to France. [5]

Shahidul Islam was appointed the secretary general of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation on 11 August 2017. [7] [8] Before this appointment he was stationed as the ambassador of Bangladesh to France. [9]

On 3 September 2020, Shahidul Islam was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States. [6] He replaced Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin. [10] He is also the ambassador of Bangladesh to Colombia. [11] He joined the embassy on 18 January 2021. [12] The government has scrapped his the contractual appointment from 1 September 2022. [13]

Personal life

Shahidul Islam is married to Jesmeen Islam with whom he has two children. [4] [14]

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  3. 1 2 "Ministry of Foreign Affairs". mofa.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "The Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington DC - CV of Current Ambassador". www.bdembassyusa.org. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
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  6. 1 2 "Govt appoints M Shahidul Islam as Ambassador to USA". The Daily Star. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  7. ↑ "Shahidul new BIMSTEC secy gen". The Daily Star. 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  8. ↑ "IUB to hold webinar on regional importance of Bay of Bengal". The Daily Star. 2020-09-13. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  9. ↑ "Foreign ministers talk market access in Kathmandu meeting". The Daily Star. 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  10. ↑ "Bangladesh appoints M Shahidul Islam its new ambassador to US". bdnews24.com. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  11. ↑ "Ambassador M Shahidul Islam Presents Credentials to Colombian President as Non-Resident Ambassador". The Policy Times. 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  12. ↑ "Bangladesh's new ambassador to USA joins after six-day quarantine". Risingbd.com. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  13. ↑ "Bangladesh scraps appointment of Shahidul Islam as ambassador to US". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
  14. ↑ "Shahidul Islam appointed Bangladesh ambassador to US". The Business Standard. 2020-09-03. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
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