Mohammad Sarwar Mahmood is a Bangladeshi diplomat and ambassador of Bangladesh to Spain. [1] [2] He worked with election observers in the 2018 general election. [3] He was the Director General of South Asia Wing in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [4]
Mahmood has a bachelor's and master's in economics from the University of Dhaka. [5] He completed an MBA at the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka. [5] He completed the National Defence Course at the National Defence College, Bangladesh. [6]
Mahmood joined the foreign service through the 17th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service. [5] He has served in Bangladeshi embassies in Brussels, and Singapore. [5] From 2010 to 2013, he served at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York City. [7] He was the Consul General of Bangladesh in Hong Kong from April 2013 to June 2018. [7]
Mahmood is an Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies fellow. [5] As Director General of the External Publicity Wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he worked with observers of the 2018 general election. [3] He was the Director General of South Asia of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [8]
In February 2021, Mahmood was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Spain. [5] He was concurrently accredited to Equatorial Guinea. [9] He has campaigned on returning the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. [10]
Mahmood is married to Farida Akhtar. [11] They have two kids. [7]