Sitwat Nayeem

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Sitwat Nayeem
সিতওয়াত নাঈম
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Ethiopia
Assumed office
4 July 2025
Relatives
Military service
AllegianceFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Branch/serviceAir Force Ensign of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Air Force
Rank British RAF OF-7.svg Air Vice-Marshal
BAF Air Vice-Marshal Star Plate.svg

Air Vice Marshal Sitwat Nayeem is a is a two star air officer of Bangladesh Air Force. [1] He is the incumbent ambassador of Bangladesh to Ethiopia since July 2025. [2]

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Career

Sitwat Nayeem graduated from Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) and earned a master’s in military studies from National University, Bangladesh. [1] He got his second Staff Course from Air Force Command College (AFCC), Beijing, China and Air War College Course form Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, United States and masters on strategic studies. [1] He is then graduated from National Defence College, Dhaka and achieved masters on social science in security and development from Bangladesh University of Professionals. [1]

On 29 December 1991, Nayeem was commissioned in Bangladesh Air Force in General Duties (Pilot) branch. [1]

Nayeem served two years in MONUSCO, the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] He served as Chief Waste Management Officer of Dhaka South City Corporation. [3] [4]

Nayeem served as the director of Cyber Warfare and Information Technology Directorate, Air Headquarters in Dhaka until 2025. [1]

Personal life

Nayeem is married to Jobaida Khanam and has two sons. [1] Nayeem's father, Colonel Md Nurul Islam, an Army Medical Corps officer served in Bangladesh Army for 33 years before retiring in 1994. His brother, Mohammad Shafeenul Islam, is retired major general in the Bangladesh Army and former Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh. His sister is Shahneela Islam.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "The Ambassador". Bangladesh National Portal. Retrieved 2025-11-14.
  2. "Roll of Honour". addisababa.mofa.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 2025-01-19. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  3. "Romania expresses interest to import manpower from Bangladesh". New Age. Archived from the original on 2022-03-13. Retrieved 2025-11-15.
  4. "Notre Dame College student death: DSCC forms probe committee". The Daily Star. 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2025-11-15.