Shahnaz Gazi | |
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শাহনাজ গাজী | |
| Ambassador of Bangladesh to Romania | |
| Assumed office 25 January 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Md Daud Ali |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Spouses | Shamsad Mortuza |
Shahnaz Gazi is a Bangladeshi diplomat and the incumbent Ambassador of Bangladesh to Romania since January 2025. [1] [2] She is the former Bangladeshi Consul General in Kunming,China. [3] [4]
Gazi joined Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1998 as a career diplomat through 17th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service. She served as Assistant Secretary at the Americas and Pacific wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before being posted to Bangladesh High Commission in London in 2002 where she served as Second and First Secretary till 2005. During 2005-2009,Gazi served as First Secretary and Counsellor at Bangladesh Embassy in Stockholm,Sweden. [5] Gazi served as Director at Foreign Minister's Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka during 2009 to 2011. In May 2013,she was made the first Consul General of Bangladesh in Kunming,China. [6] Earlier,from 2011 to 2013,she served as the Deputy Consul General of Bangladesh in Los Angeles. [6]
Gazi was the deputy chief of the Bangladesh Embassy in Philippines in 2015 where she worked on recovering stolen money from the Bangladesh Bank heist. [7] She was the acting High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Nigeria in 2017. [8] She later served as Minister and Charge d' Affaires of the Bangladesh Embassy in Thailand from 2018-2021. [9] She also served at Bangladesh Embassy in Türkiye in 2022.
Gazi was a Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during 2023-2024. She worked as Director General at the Foreign Service Academy and also as Director General (West Europe and EU) at the Foreign Ministry [10]
In January 2025,Gazi was appointed the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Romania. [11] The position is also serves as a non-resident ambassador of Bangladesh to Bulgaria,Moldova and North Macedonia.
Gazi is married to Shamsad Mortuza,a Professor of English at the University of Dhaka and the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. [12] They have a daughter,Arshi Mortuza,who is a poet and teacher.