Toufique Hasan

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Toufique Hasan is a Bangladeshi diplomat and Ambassador of Bangladesh to Austria. [1] He was the Director General of the East Asia & Pacific Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [2] He is the former Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Kolkata. [3] He was the counsellor at the Bangladesh embassy in Washington D.C. [4]

Career

Hasan has served at the Bangladesh Embassy in Paris from 2005 to 2008. [5] He was stationed at the Bangladesh Embassy in Bangkok from 2009 to 2012 and the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington, D. C. from 2014 to 2017. [5]

Hasan was the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Kolkata, India from 2017 to 2022. [5] He provided medical supplies to the Indian Red Crescent Society in Kolkata during the COVID-19 pandemic. [6] He sent the first secretary (Political) Md Saniul Kader back to Dhaka after video recording of him sexting was leaked. [7]

Hasan was the Director General of the Public Diplomacy Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2022 to 2023. [5] He then served as the Director General of East Asia and Pacific Wing and afterwards United Nations Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [5] He was the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [8] He conveyed displeasure of the Muhammad Yunus led interim government at former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina making statements from India. [9] [10] [11]

In 2025, Hasan was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Austria and the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations in Vienna. [5] The decision to sent him was made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in November 2024 as part of large number of changes of ambassadors at Bangladesh Embassies around the world. [12]

References

  1. "Director General of UN Wing and Ambassador of Bangladesh to Austria met with FBCCI Administrator". Business in Bangladesh. 2025-01-28. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  2. "Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong arrives in Dhaka". The Daily Star. 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  3. "Covid Medicine: Bangladesh sends India 4 truckloads". The Daily Star. 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  4. "Reshuffle in Bangladesh missions abroad". The Daily Star. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "New Permanent Representative of Bangladesh presents credentials". United Nations : Information Service Vienna. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  6. "Bangladesh hands over medicine, supplies worth Tk 20 crore to India for Covid-19 treatment". The Daily Star. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  7. "Bangladeshi diplomat recalled from Kolkata mission after 'sex chat' controversy". The Daily Star. 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  8. "Dhaka-delhi talks: Extradition of Hasina could be discussed next month". The Daily Star. 2024-11-22. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  9. "Dhaka unhappy with Hasina's statements in Indian media". The Daily Star. 2024-11-15. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  10. "It's truly very unfortunate, says MoFA over negative campaign against envoys". The Business Standard. 2024-11-14. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  11. "Bangladesh calls on India to curb Hasina's comments from abroad". Govt calls on India to curb Hasina’s comments from abroad. Retrieved 2025-03-03.
  12. Ejaz, Raheed (2024-11-05). "21 Bangladesh missions to get new ambassadors". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2025-03-03.