List of high commissioners of Bangladesh to Canada
Appearance
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High Commissioner of People's Republic of Bangladesh to the Canada কানাডায় নিযুক্ত বাংলাদেশের হাইকমিশনার | |
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Incumbent since May 30, 2024Nahida Sobhan | |
Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
Style |
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Reports to | Prime Minister Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Residence | Ottawa, Canada |
Seat | 350 Sparks, Ottawa, Canada |
Nominator | The Government of Bangladesh |
Appointer |
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Inaugural holder | Abdul Momin |
Formation | May 1972 |
Salary | ৳ 300,000 Monthly (US$ 3,526) ৳ 36,00,000 Annually (US$ 42,313) |
Website | Official website |
The Bangladeshi high commissioner to Canada is the official representative of the government of Bangladesh to the government of Canada.
List of representatives
[edit]Commissioned | High Commissioner (Commonwealth) | Observations | Prime Minister of Bangladesh | Prime Minister of Canada | Term end |
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May 1972 | Abdul Momin | Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | Pierre Trudeau | ||
February 1976 | M. Ataur Rahman | 1972: Republic of Bangladesh have decided to appoint Mr M. Ataur Rahman as Chief of Bangladesh Mission in Cairo. 2016: Honorary Consul Auckland New Zealand | Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem | Pierre Trudeau | |
March 1979 | Hosen Ali | Ziaur Rahman | Joe Clark | ||
August 1981 | K M Shafiullah | Azizur Rahman | Pierre Trudeau | ||
September 1986 | A. N. M. Nuruzzaman | Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury | Brian Mulroney | ||
August 1990 | Mohammad Mohsin | From 19 July 1988 to 25 June 1989: Foreign Secretary. From 1991 to 1996 he was the chief OIC representative in successfully brokering a historic final peace agreement between the Manila government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) affirming the peace and development process in Southern Philippines. The agreement was signed in Jakarta on 30 August 1996.[1] | Shahabuddin Ahmed | Brian Mulroney | |
February 1995 | Mufleh R. Osmany | 1993 -1995 he was Foreign Secretary.[2] | Khaleda Zia | Jean Chrétien | |
May 1998 | M. Aminul Islam | Hasina Wazed | Jean Chrétien | ||
April 2001 | Suhrab Hossain | Until 31 December 2015 he was Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Islamabad.[3][4] | Latifur Rahman | Jean Chrétien | |
February 2002 | Mohsin Ali Khan | Additional Foreign Secretary Mohsin Ali Khan yesterday took over as the Acting Foreign Secretary. Mohsin Ali Khan, a career diplomat, joined the then Pakistan Foreign Service in 1970. He was Bangladesh's ambassador to Uzbekistan before he was promoted to Additional Foreign Secretary in early 2001.[5] | Khaleda Zia | Jean Chrétien | |
April 2004 | Rafiq Ahmed Khan | He was the Bangladesh Consul General in New York in two terms, first in 1996 and then in 2001–2004.[6] | Khaleda Zia | Paul Martin | |
March 2008 | A. M. Yakub Ali | Fakhruddin Ahmed | Stephen Harper | ||
September 2012 | Kamrul Ahsan | Sheikh Hasina | Stephen Harper | May 2016 | |
8 August 2016 | Mizanur Rahman | Sheikh Hasina | Justin Trudeau | August 2020 | |
16 August 2020 | Khalilur Rahman | He was previously the Chief Coordinator for Corona Cell in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[8][9] | Sheikh Hasina | Justin Trudeau |
References
[edit]- ^ "Philippines Honors Bangladesh Ex-Ambassador". Arab News. 12 April 2005.
- ^ "Mufleh R. Osmany". The University Press Limited.
- ^ "Bangladesh recalls its envoy from Pakistan". The Hindu. 31 December 2015.
- ^ "Bangladeshi diplomat asked to leave Islamabad". Dawn. 7 January 2016.
- ^ Mohsin Ali Khan[dead link ]
- ^ "Profile of Mr. Rafiq Ahmed Khan". Consulate General of Bangladesh, New York. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008.
- ^ "Mizanur Rahman". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
- ^ "Khalilur Rahman new Bangladesh envoy to Canada". UNB. Archived from the original on 2022-01-14. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Profile of the High Commissioner". www.bdhcottawa.ca. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Roll of Honour".