Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
| Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations | |
| Assumed office 13 January 2025 | |
| Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal | |
| In office 12 November 2020 –December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mashfee Binte Shams |
| Succeeded by | Md Shafiqur Rahman |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi diplomat currently serving as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. He previously held the position of Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal from 2020 until December 2024. [1] [2] [3] He is the former deputy high commissioner of Bangladesh to India. [4]
Chowdhury was born on 29 August 1969 in Dhaka,East Pakistan,Pakistan. [5] He did his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1993. [5]
Chowdhury worked in the private sector after his graduation before joining the foreign service branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1998. [5] He worked at the Admin and United Nations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [5] From 2002 to 2005,he was second and first secretary at the High Commission of Bangladesh in Pakistan. [5]
From 2005 to 2007,Chowdhury was stationed at the Bangladeshi consulate in New York City. [5] He then worked at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations. [5] From 2008 to 2010,he was the deputy chief of protocol of visit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [5] He would also go on to serve as the director of economic affairs and South East Asia. [5]
Chowdhury served as the vice principal of the Bangladesh Foreign Service Academy and director general of external affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [5] From 2014 to 2017,he was the Bangladesh high commissioner in India. [5] In April 2015,he sought information from the Indian government on the rape and murder of a Bangladeshi national in New Delhi. [6] In May 2017,he was transferred from India to China as Deputy Ambassador. [7]
Chowdhury was the director general of administration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2020. [5] On 11 November 2020,he was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal. [5] [8] During his tenure an agreement on trading power was signed between Bangladesh and Nepal. [9] He oversaw the participation of Bangladesh in the Nepal trade fair. [10] He signed an agreement for Bangladesh to build a Buddhist temple in Nepal. [11] He oversaw the repatriation of a Bangladeshi woman,Ameena Khatun,from Sunsari District of Nepal. [12] Khatun has been missing from 22 years. [12] She was identified and repatriated with the help of Bengali speakers in Sunsari District and officials of National Security Intelligence personnel in Bogra District. [12]