Noor-e-Helal Saifur Rahman | |
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| Ambassador of Bangladesh to Jordan | |
| Assumed office 25 August 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Nahida Sobhan |
| High Commissioner of Bangladesh to South Africa | |
| In office 2020–2024 | |
| Succeeded by | Shah Ahmed Shafi |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | |
Noor-e-Helal Saifur Rahman is the 8th and incumbent ambassador of Bangladesh to Jordan. [1] He is a former high commissioner of Bangladesh to South Africa. [2] He is the former deputy commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan based in Karachi. [3] [4]
Rahman did his bachelor's and master's in Bengali Literature and Language from the University of Dhaka. [5] He completed an MBA from the Nanyang Technological University. [5]
Rahman joined the Foreign Affairs cadre of Bangladesh Civil Service in the 15th batch (1998). [5] He had served in diplomatic missions of Bangladesh in France, Kuwait, and Singapore. [6]
Rahman was the director general at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs responsible for Africa. [5] He was the director general of External Publicity at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [5]
Rahman was the Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Karachi from 2015 to 2021. [7] He expressed concerns over security after the Chinese consulate in Karachi was bombed by terrorists. [8] In June 2020, Rahman was appointed the high commissioner of Bangladesh to South Africa. [9] In August 2023, he received Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who had arrived to Johannesburg for the 15th BRICS Summit. [10] [11] He accompanied Shahriar Alam, State Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Eswatini to discuss export of pharmaceuticals. [12]