Shahabuddin Ahmed (ambassador)

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Shahabuddin Ahmed is a Bangladeshi civil servant and ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan. [1] [2] He is a former secretary of the Ministry of Food. [3]

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Early life

Ahmed was born in 1960 in Bhola District, East Pakistan, Pakistan. [4] He did his bachelor's degree and master's in soil sciences from the University of Dhaka in 1981 and 1982 respectively. [4] [5] He has a second master's in development finance from the University of Birmingham. [4]

Career

Ahmed joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1986. [4]

In September 2009, Ahmed was promoted from senior assistant secretary to deputy secretary. [6]

Ahmed was appointed the acting secretary of the Ministry of Food in December 2017 from the Ministry of Finance. [7] From December 2017 to December 2019, Ahmed was the secretary of the Ministry of Food. [4] [8] In April 2019, he visited Harvard University to attend a Leadership in Crises executive program paid for a capacity building for civil servants projects. [9] He took his family with him whose expenses were paid by him. [9]

Ahmed was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan in March 2020 while on post retirement leave for a three-year term. [10] [11] He replaced Ambassador Rabab Fatima who was appointed the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. [10] He inaugurated the Bangladesh booth at the Fashion World Tokyo and urged more investment from Japan in Bangladesh. [12] He has urged Japan to recruit more workers from Bangladesh. [13] He was terminated after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government. [14]

References

  1. ↑ "H.E. Mr. Shahabuddin Ahmed, Ambassador undertook an official visit to Fukuoka". tokyo.mofa.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  2. ↑ "Abu Hena new NBR chairman". The Daily Star. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  3. ↑ Egok, Humaira (11 September 2020). "Our new man in Tokyo". Dhaka Tribune . Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "H.E. Mr. Shahabuddin Ahmed". tokyo.mofa.gov.bd. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  5. ↑ "Shahabuddin Ahmed made BD Ambassador to Japan". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  6. ↑ "Names of promoted government officials". The Daily Star. 2009-09-07. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  7. ↑ "Acting secretaries appointed at three ministries". Dhaka Tribune . 31 December 2017. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Hasina warns against food adulteration". The Daily Star. BSS. 2019-02-04. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  9. 1 2 "Government Order" (PDF). Ministry of Food. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Shahabuddin Ahmed new Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan". The Business Standard. 2020-03-09. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  11. ↑ "Shahabuddin made Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan". UNB. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  12. ↑ "Bangladesh envoy urges Japan to source more products from Bangladesh". New Age. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  13. ↑ "Bangladesh urges Japan to recruit more skilled workers". businesspostbd.com. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
  14. ↑ "24, including ambassadors, project directors and director generals, lose their jobs". Bdnews24.com . Retrieved 2025-06-03.
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