Humayan Kabir

M. Humayun Kabir is a Bangladeshi diplomat and former ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States.

Early life

Kabir was born on 26 September 1952 in Brahmanbaria, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[1] He did his undergrad in law and master's in political science from the University of Dhaka.[2]

Career

Kabir is a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War.[3] He joined the University of Dhaka in 1977 as a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and taught there till 1980.[3]

Kabir worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1982 to 1984.[3] From 1984 to 1987, he served as the private secretary to the foreign affairs advisor.[3] From 1987 to 1990, Kabir served as the second and first secretary of the Embassy of Bangladesh to the United States.[3] From 1991 to 1994, he worked as the first secretary at the Bangladesh consulate in Kolkata.[3] From 1996 to 1999, he served in the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations.[3]

Kabir worked as the Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh based in Kolkata from 1999 to 2001.[3] From 2001 to 2003, he held several leadership positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was appointed the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal in September 2003[4] and served there till 2006.[3] He was the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Australia from 2006 to 2007.[3]

Kabir was appointed the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States in July 2007 and worked there till 2009.[3][5] He retired with the rank of secretary from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September 2010.[6]

Kabir is the president of Bangladesh Enterprise Institute[6] and a trustee board member of the Asian University for Women.[2] He is a senior advisor to Bower Group Asia.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Name: Kabir, M. Humayun". All Official. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  2. 1 2 "Mr. M. Humayun Kabir". University of the People. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "The Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington DC - Ambassador M. Humayun Kabir". www.bdembassyusa.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  4. ↑ "Bangladesh envoy to Nepal presents credentials". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. ↑ "Bush welcomes roadmap to polls by 2008". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  6. 1 2 "BEI | BEI Team Details". bei-bd.org. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  7. ↑ "Humayun". BowerGroupAsia. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
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