Md. Tarikul Islam is a diplomat and the ambassador of Bangladesh to Indonesia with concurrent accreditation to ASEAN. [1] [2]
Islam was born in Lalmonirhat District. [3] He completed his bachelor's and master's degrees in English at the University of Dhaka. [4] [3] He has another master's in European Union from the Complutense University of Madrid. [5] [4]
From October 1995 to January 1998, Islam taught English at Khulna University. [4] He joined the 17th batch Bangladesh Civil Service in 1998 as a foreign service cadre. [2] He served as an Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 1999. [4] He was then the Vice Consul/First Secretary at the Bangladesh Consulate General in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from 2002 to 2005. [4] He was the Counsellor (Political) at the Bangladesh Embassy in Madrid, Spain from 2005 to 2008. [4]
Islam was a Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2011. [4] He was the Counsellor (political) at the Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli, Libya from 2011 to 2014. He was the Counsellor/Minister at the Bangladesh Embassy in Athens from 2014 to 2016. [4] He was the Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2016 to 2023. He was the Additional Foreign Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2023. [4]
Islam was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Indonesia in December 2023. [3] He is concurrently the Ambassador of Bangladesh to ASEAN. [6]