Syed Shahed Reza

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Syed Shahed Reza is the general secretary of the Bangladesh Olympic Association [1] and former ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait and Yemen. He is a former president of Dhaka Club. [2]

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Early life

Reza was born on 1 January 1952. [3] He has a bachelor's in political science and a master's in public administration from the University of Dhaka. [4] His father in law, Syed Haider Ali, was a member of the first parliament of Bangladesh from the Awami League. [5]

Career

Reza worked for Parsons Corporation in Saudi Arabia working at the Saudi Government Royal Commission for Yanbu Project.

Reza joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 9 June 2009 with the rank of secretary; a part of a series of contractual appointments to top posts by the recently elected Awami League government. [6] Reza was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait in August 2009 for a three-year term. [4] He succeeded Major General A. I. M. Mostofa Reza Nur. [7] He presented his credentials to the Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in October. [8] He worked to issue machine readable passports to the Bangladeshi expat community in Kuwait. [9]

Reza's appointment as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Kuwait was extended for one more year in 2012. [4] He was succeeded by Major General Ashab Uddin. [7] He had been in the executive committee of the Bangladesh Olympic Association for 11 years before he was elected general secretary of it in 2012 unopposed. [4] [10] He was awarded the National Sports Awards in 2014. [11]

In December 2015, Reza was elected president of Dhaka Club Limited defeating Khandkar Mashiuz Zaman Romel. [12]

In 2021, Reza sponsored Muhammad Yunus, Nobel laurate and founder of Grameen Bank, for an Olympic laurel. [13] [14] In December, he was re-elected secretary general of Bangladesh Olympic Association for a third time. [15] While Chief of Bangladesh Army, General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed, was elected president of the association. [16]

Reza is a director of The ACME Laboratories Ltd. [17] He is a member of the International Relations Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia. [3] Bangladesh High Court appointed him to Envoy Textiles Limited, a subsidiary of Envoy Group, as an independent director. [18] He is the managing director of SMP Trading Co. [19]

In 2023, Reza invited Husain Al-Musallam, president of World Aquatics, to visit Bangladesh which he did in March. [20]

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