Mahbub Uz Zaman
Mahbub Uz Zaman ia a Bangladeshi diplomat and former ambassador of Bangladesh to China.[1] He is the former secretary (Asia and Pacific) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[2] He is the former high commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka and Singapore.[3]
Early life
[edit]Mahbub has a master's in economics from the University of Dhaka.[4]
Career
[edit]Mahbub joined the Foreign Service cadre of the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1985.[4][5] He had served in the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations and Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in Vienna.[2]
Mahbub was the director of administration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[4] He was the director of Multilateral Economic Affairs.[4] Mahbub had served in the High Commission of Bangladesh to Canada.[6] He had served in the embassy of Bangladesh in Japan.[7] He was the director general South Asia and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2006.[8] He was the high commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka in November 2011.[9][10]
Mahbub was appointed the high commissioner of Bangladesh to Singapore in 2012.[11] He replaced Kamrul Ahsan.[11] He asked workers in Singapore to remain calm following the 2013 Little India riot.[12] During his term the Zika virus spread to the expatriate Bangladeshi community in Singapore in 2016.[13]
From 2016 to 2019, Mahbub was the secretary in charge of Asia and Pacific region at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[14][5] In August 2017, he met a representative of the government of Myanmar to discuss the influx of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.[15] He was replaced by Md. Jashim Uddin as ambassador of Bangladesh to China.[16]
On 21 August 2019, Mahbub was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to China for one year.[14] His appointment was extended by one year in 2020.[14]
In June 2022, Mahbub hosted the director general of the Department of Asian Affairs who called Bangladesh to reject "cold war mentality" of the United States.[14][17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Govt appoints Jashim Uddin as Ambassador to China". The Asian Age. Bangladesh. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
- ^ a b "Mahbub Uz Zaman new ambassador to China". The Business Standard. 2019-08-21. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "Mahbub Uz Zaman new Bangladesh ambassador to China". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ a b c d "Speaker Biography" (PDF). asifma.org. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
- ^ a b "Ministry of Foreign Affairs". mofa.gov.bd. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "New envoys to Canada, Singapore appointed". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "Mahbub Uz Zaman new envoy to China". Barta24. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "Implement Saarc Convention to combat human trafficking". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "Mahbub Uz Zaman new Bangladesh envoy to China". Daily Sun. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "Mahbub-Uz-Zaman made HC to Sri Lanka". The Daily Star. UNB. 2008-11-11. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ a b "Kamrul Ahsan made envoy to Canada". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "Bangladeshis in S'pore urged to remain calm". The Daily Star. UNB. 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "10 Bangladeshis infected with Zika in Singapore". The Daily Star. 2016-09-01. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ a b c d "Mahbub Uz Zaman reappointed Bangladesh Ambassador to China". The Daily Star. UNB. 2020-08-27. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "'Stop fresh exodus of Rohingyas'". The Daily Star. 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
- ^ "Jashim appointed Bangladesh envoy to China". The Business Standard. 2022-09-05. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ "Director-General of the Department of Asian Affairs of the Foreign Ministry Liu Jinsong Meets with Bangladeshi Ambassador to China Mahbub Uz Zaman". www.fmprc.gov.cn. Retrieved 2022-10-30.