Mohammad Ziauddin | |
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Ambassador-at-large of the Prime Minister | |
Assumed office 6 May 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | Himself |
In office 24 November 2009 –18 September 2014 | |
Prime Minister | Sheikh Hasina |
Preceded by | post established |
Succeeded by | Himself |
21st Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 18 September 2014 –3 September 2020 | |
President | Abdul Hamid |
Preceded by | Akramul Qader |
Succeeded by | M Shahidul Islam [1] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1946 (age 77–78) |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | Notre Dame College,Dhaka University of Dhaka |
Profession | Diplomat |
Mohammad Ziauddin is a Bangladeshi diplomat and the current Ambassador-at-large of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. He is the former Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States. [2] [3]
Ziauddin graduated from St Gregory's High School. He completed his Intermediate of Humanities from Notre Dame College,Dhaka;BA Honors and MA in English literature from the University of Dhaka. [4]
Ziauddin served in the Bangladesh High Commission in London;Bangladesh High Commission in Nairobi,Kenya;and Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations,New York. He has served as the Bangladesh Ambassador to Italy, [5] Director General (International Organizations) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,and Chief of Protocol to the Government of Bangladesh.
He served as the Ambassador-at-Large of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from 24 November 2009 to 2014. [6] [7] He was afterwards appointed as the Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States on 18 September 2014. [8] In 2016 he was appointed as the first Ambassador (non-resident) to Guyana. [9] He was also made the first (non-resident) ambassador to Belize. [10] On 7 May 2021,he was again appointed Ambassador-at-Large of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with the rank of a Cabinet Minister. [11]
Ziauddin is married to Yasmeen Ziauddin,and has two children. [8]
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