Peter D. Haas | |
---|---|
![]() | |
United States Ambassador to Bangladesh | |
In office March 15, 2022 –July 23, 2024 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Earl R. Miller |
Succeeded by | vacant |
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs | |
Acting | |
In office January 20,2021 –August 27,2021 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Manisha Singh |
Succeeded by | Matt Murray |
Consul General of the United States,Mumbai | |
In office 2011–2014 | |
Personal details | |
Education | Illinois Wesleyan University (BA) London School of Economics (MSc) |
Peter D. Haas is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to Bangladesh from March 2022 to July 2024. [1] Haas previously served as acting assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs.
Haas earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in German and international studies from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1988 and a Master of Science in economics from the London School of Economics. [2]
After joining the United States Foreign Service,Haas was first assigned to the U.S. embassy in Morocco as an economic officer. Haas also served as a desk officer for one year in the Foreign,Commonwealth and Development Office and was an economic officer in the Embassy of the United States,London. From 2011 to 2014,served as consul general of the United States,Mumbai. From 2014 to 2017,Haas worked for the United States mission to the OECD,including as acting permanent representative in 2017 and 2018. Haas then relocated to Washington,D.C.,where he worked as acting deputy assistant secretary of state for trade policy and negotiations,deputy assistant secretary for trade policy and negotiations,and acting assistant secretary of state for economic and business affairs. [3] [4]
On July 9,2021,President Joe Biden nominated Haas to be the next United States Ambassador to Bangladesh. [3] The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held hearings on his nomination on October 20,2021. His nomination was favorably reported by the committee on November 3,2021. Haas was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18,2021,via voice vote. [5]
On March 15,2022,he presented his credentials to the President of Bangladesh,Abdul Hamid. [6] In December 2022,he had to cut short a visit to Maayer Daak,an advocacy group for victims of enforced disappearance,after pro-government mob tried to storm the venue. [7] He oversaw the imposition of visa restrictions on Bangladeshi government officials and politicians in 2023 to ensure a fair general election in 2024. [8] He had also warned that visa restrictions might be imposed on media personnel in Bangladesh. [9] [10] Haas and the United States call for fair election was not well received in India which supports the current Awami League government in Bangladesh led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. [11] [12]
In July 2024,when the bloody Bangladesh quota reform movement protests against the ruling Awami League government was going on Haas resigned his post. [13]
Politics of Bangladesh takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic,whereby the Prime Minister of Bangladesh is the head of government,and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The Constitution of Bangladesh was written in 1972,and has undergone seventeen amendments.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party is a major political party in Bangladesh. Founded on 1 September 1978 by the late Bangladeshi president Ziaur Rahman,with a view of uniting people with a nationalist ideology,BNP later came out as one of the two most dominant parties in Bangladesh,along with its archrival Awami League. Initially being a big tent centrist party,it moved towards more right-wing politics later.
The Bangladesh Awami League,simply known as Awami League,is one of the major political parties in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country,the party played a large role in achieving Bangladeshi independence both before and after the Bangladesh Liberation War. It is also one of the two most dominant parties in the country,along with its archrival Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Throughout its tenure as the ruling party from 2009 to August 5,2024,it has been consistently described as authoritarian.
Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. She is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,the founding father and first president of Bangladesh. Having served for a combined total of over 20 years,she is the longest serving prime minister in the history of Bangladesh. She was the world's longest-serving female head of government. Her premiership ended in self-imposed exile following a series of violent protests in 2024.
David Michael Satterfield is an American diplomat and ambassador,who has served extensively in the Middle East,including the Persian Gulf area,Lebanon,and Iraq. He later served as a senior advisor on Iraq for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and was director general of the Multinational Force and Observers,the peacekeeping force for the Sinai Peninsula from June 2009 until August 2017. He was chargéd'affaires to Egypt from August 2013 to January 2014 and was subsequently Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for Libya. From September 2017 to June 2019 he served as the acting assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs,and was confirmed as U.S. ambassador to Turkey on June 27,2019.
Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed,also known as Sajeeb Wazed Joy,is a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He is a member of the Bangladesh Awami League and served as advisor to the prime minister of Bangladesh on information and communication technology affairs.
Bangladesh-United States relations are the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and the United States of America. For the United States,Bangladesh is the 38th largest goods supplier and 60th largest export market. For Bangladesh,the United States is the largest export market. The two countries signed a bilateral investment treaty in 1986. U.S. companies are the largest foreign investors in Bangladesh. The U.S. government is the leading contributor of humanitarian assistance in response to the Rohingya crisis. Both nations have announced similar views for a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.
Relations between Cyprus and the United States can be described as excellent,both sharing membership in the United Nations,International Monetary Fund,the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe,the World Bank and the World Trade Organization. Cyprus has been an observer to the Organization of American States. Cypriots view the United States as their second most trusted ally after France with 62% considering the U.S. a desired ally.
John Rodney Bass II is an American diplomat,who has served as the under secretary of state for management since December 2021. He was the United States ambassador to Afghanistan from 2017 to 2020,the United States ambassador to Turkey from 2014 to 2017 and the United States ambassador to Georgia from 2009 to 2012.
Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali is the former finance minister of Bangladesh who also served as parliamentarian and cabinet minister including the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh from 2013 to 2019. He previously served as Minister of Disaster Management and Relief from 2012 to 2013.
Abdus Sobhan Golap is a politician and former Member of Parliament from Madaripur-3. He is the Publicity and Publications Secretary of the Bangladesh Awami League.
Elizabeth Marie Allen is an American political advisor who served as under secretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs in the Biden administration. She previously served as assistant secretary of state for global public affairs and as White House deputy communications director during the Obama administration. Allen resigned from the State Department on August 2,2024,to take up a role as chief of staff to Tim Walz,the then-unannounced running mate of Democratic presidential candidate and incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris.
Julie Jiyoon Chung,birth name as Chung Ji-yoon,is a Korean-American diplomat who has served as the United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka since 2022. She previously served as Acting Assistant Secretary and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the United States Department of State's Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA). Her first overseas assignment was in Guangzhou,China. Chung has later served in several posts in Japan,Vietnam,Thailand,Cambodia,Colombia and Iraq.
General elections were held in Bangladesh on 7 January 2024 in accordance with the current constitutional requirement,stating that elections must take place within the 90-day period before the expiration of the current term of the Jatiya Sangsad on 29 January 2024. The Awami League,led by incumbent Sheikh Hasina,won the election for the fourth consecutive time with less than 10% of the eligible voters voting according to an Election Commission,which is run by the ruling political party. The party won 224 seats while independent candidates,most of whom were Awami League members propped up as dummy candidates to give a semblance of competition,won 62 seats.
Hugo Yue-Ho Yon is an American diplomat serving as the U.S. ambassador to the Maldives since September 2023.
Laura Stone is an American diplomat currently serving as United States Ambassador to the Marshall Islands.
Pinak Ranjan Chakravarty is a retired Indian diplomat and former High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh.