Brunei joined ASEAN on 7 January 1984,one week after resuming full independence,and gives its ASEAN membership the highest priority in its foreign relations. Brunei joined the United Nations in September 1984. It is also a member of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC),the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and the Commonwealth of Nations. Brunei hosted the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in November 2000. In 2005 it attended the inaugural East Asia Summit.
Universiti Brunei Darussalam is a national research university located in Bandar Seri Begawan,Brunei. It was established in 1985 and has since become the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered.
Dato Paduka Haji Shofry bin Haji Abdul Ghafor is a Bruneian diplomat and artist who served as Permanent Representative of Brunei Darussalam to the United Nations (UN) from 2002 to 2006. Additionally,he is the president of the Brunei Art Forum.
Bangladesh and Brunei established diplomatic relations in 1984. Brunei has a high commission in Dhaka. Bangladesh has a high commission in Bandar Seri Begawan. Air Vice Marshal Mahmud Hussain is the Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Brunei. Bangladesh is a source of workers for Brunei.
The Most Honourable Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei,also translated as The Most Honourable Order of the Crown of Brunei,is an order of Brunei. It was established on 1 March 1954 by Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III.
Saida Muna Tasneem is a Bangladeshi diplomat who has served as High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the United Kingdom and Ambassador to Ireland and Liberia since November 2018. She is the first woman to hold these positions. She is the incumbent First Vice-President to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) since January 2024. She was formerly the High Commissioner to Thailand and Cambodia and Bangladesh's representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.
M Shameem Ahsan is a retired Bangladeshi diplomat and former Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office in Geneva. He is a former Ambassador of Bangladesh to Brazil.
Tan Bee Yong is a retired Bruneian Chinese civil servant and diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). She has been previously appointed to serve as the non-resident ambassador and high commissioner to several nations.
Dayangku Hajah Mazlizah binti Pengiran Haji Mahalee is a Bruneian civil servant and diplomat who became the permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) since 2020.
Hajah Noor Qamar binti Haji Sulaiman is a Bruneian civil servant and diplomat who became the permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) in New York since 2019,and high commissioner to New Zealand from 1992 to 1994.
Kamilah binti Haji Mohd Hanifah is a Bruneian diplomat who became the ambassador to Japan since 2017,and the former consul general in Hong Kong.
Datin Paduka Hajah Rakiah binti Haji Abdul Lamit@ Hamid is a Bruneian diplomat who became the resident and non-resident ambassador to France and Monaco respectively since 2023,ambassador to Germany from 2015 to 2022,and high commissioner to Canada from 2008 to 2012.
Haji Adnan bin Haji Mohd Ja'afar is a diplomat from Brunei who is the incumbent ambassador to Belgium since 2022,East Timor from 2019 to 2020,and high commissioner to Australia in 2008. Additionally,he is also representative to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) since 2022.
Hajah Norazlianah binti Haji Ibrahim is a diplomat from Brunei who became the ambassador to East Timor from 2016 to 2018. Additionally,she is the Minister-Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative of Brunei to the United Nations (UN).
Datin Paduka Magdalene Teo Chee Siong is a Brunei diplomat of Chinese descent who became the ambassador to China from 2008 to 2018,and high commissioner to Canada from 2005 to 2007. She was also one of the players in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)'s probe into the Senate controversy.
Abu Sufian bin Haji Ali is a Brunei diplomat who became the ambassador to Belgium from 2017 to 2021,and the permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva.
Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Adnan bin Buntar is a Brunei diplomat who became the high commissioner to India from 1994 to 1997,and ambassador to Japan from 2005 to 2008. He has held other major titles such as the Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),and former chairman of the Brunei Japan Friendship Association.
Dato Paduka Haji Alaihuddin bin Haji Mohamad Taha is a Bruneian diplomat and holding the post of high commissioner to India since 2021. He was formerly the permanent representative to the United Nations at Geneva and high commissioner to Malaysia.
