Masudur Rahman | |
|---|---|
| High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Nigeria | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Spouse | Married |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology Bangladesh University of Professionals Northern University of Bangladesh |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
Masudur Rahman is a Bangladeshi diplomat and ambassador of Bangladesh to Spain. [1] He previously served as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Nigeria. [2] A career officer of the Bangladesh Foreign Service, he has held various diplomatic and administrative positions in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and abroad.
Rahman studied electrical and electronics engineering at the Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology September 1988 to December 1995. [3] He completed two postgraduate degrees: a Master of Strategy and Development Studies from the Bangladesh University of Professionals and a Master of Business Administration from the Northern University, Bangladesh. [3] He completed a Japanese language course at the Japan Foundation in Osaka from October 1999 to June 2000 and the Advanced Security Studies course at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies in Hawaii from January to March 2009. [3] In 2018, he attended the National Defense College course. [3]
Rahman joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a Bangladesh Foreign Service officer on 22 February 1998. [3] His early career included roles as assistant secretary in the West and Central Asia Wing and the Consular and Protocol Wing. [3] His first diplomatic assignment was in Moscow, Russia, where he served as third secretary and second secretary from February 2001 to October 2007. [3] He was later posted to Bahrain as first secretary and counsellor during the same period. [3]
Returning to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in November 2007, Rahman served as director for the America and Pacific Wing and later as director for the foreign secretary’s office until October 2009. [3] He was the counsellor at the Bangladesh Embassy in Tokyo from November 2009 to July 2013, following his Japanese language training in Osaka. [3]
Rahman moved to the Middle East, serving as consul general of Bangladesh in Dubai and Northern Emirates from July 2013 to October 2015. [3] Back at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he served as director general of West and Central Asia, Africa from November 2015 to December 2017. [3] In January 2019, he took on the role of director general of the External Publicity and ICT Wing. [3]
Before his current role, Rahman served as deputy chief of mission and minister at the Bangladesh Embassy in Beijing from 9 October 2019 until he was appointed High Commissioner to Nigeria in March 2021. [4] [3] In 2025, he was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Spain. [5]
Rahman is married and has two children. [3]
Rahman was born 1980