Masud Bin Momen is the current Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh.[1] He is a career Bangladeshi diplomat. He served as an ambassador and permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. He also served as the ambassador to Japan and Italy.[2][3]
Masud Bin Momen | |
|---|---|
মাসুদ বিন মোমেন | |
 Momen in 2020 | |
| Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh | |
| Assumed office 31 December 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Shahidul Haque |
| Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations | |
| In office 3 November 2015 – November 2019 | |
| Preceded by | AK Abdul Momen |
| Succeeded by | Rabab Fatima |
| Ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan | |
| In office 29 August 2012 – 19 November 2015 | |
| Preceded by | A.K.M. Majibur Rahman Bhuiyan |
| Succeeded by | Rabab Fatima |
| Ambassador of Bangladesh to Italy | |
| In office August 2008 – August 2012 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Alma mater | |
| Profession | Civil Servant and diplomat |
Education edit
Masud Bin Momen is from Sayedabad village of Kasba Upzilla of BrahmanBaria district. He obtained a bachelor's degree in economics from Dhaka University in Bangladesh. He holds MSS in Economics from the University of Dhaka and a master's degree in international relations from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in the United States.[4][2][5]
Career edit
Momen belongs to the 1985 batch of BCS (FA) cadre.[2][6]
From 1998 to 2001, he was Director in charge of the Foreign Ministry's United Nations Wing and Foreign Secretary's Office in Dhaka.
Momen served as Director of Poverty Alleviation at SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 2001 to 2004. After that he was Deputy Commissioner at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, India, from 2004 to 2006.
From 2006 to 2008, he was Director-General for Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for matters related to South Asia, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation.[6]
Momen had been Bangladesh's Ambassador to Japan since August 2012. Before that, he had served since August 2008 as his country's Ambassador to Italy and Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP) and International Fund for Agricultural Development.[3][2]
Besides those assignments, Momen served in Bangladesh Permanent Mission in New York and Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad in different capacities.
On 3 November 2015 the government appointed Masud Bin Momen as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations.[6][5]
The new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, Masud Bin Momen, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 24 November 2015.[4] On July 9 2016 he presented his credentials to the President of Guatemala Jimmy Morales on Friday at the Presidential Palace in Guatemala City as ambassador of Bangladesh to Guatemala.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Government names Masud Bin Momen as foreign secretary". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- ^ a b c d "The Government has decided to appoint Masud Bin Momen as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, New York". www.mofa.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
- ^ a b Independent, The. "Masud Bin Momen new Permanent Rep at UN". Masud Bin Momen new Permanent Rep at UN. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
- ^ a b "New Permanent Representative of Bangladesh Presents Credentials". www.un.org. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
- ^ a b "Masud Bin Momen named new PR in UN". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
- ^ a b c "Masud Bin Momen to be Bangladesh's new Permanent Representative to UN - bdnews24.com". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2017-05-15.
- ^ "News Details". bssnews.net. Retrieved 2017-05-15.