Muhammad Abdul Muhith is a Bangladeshi diplomat. He is currently serving as the

Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations The Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations is the head of Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations. The Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations is the foremost representative of Bangladesh to ...

(UN) in New York. Prior to this position, he served as the Bangladesh ambassador to Austria with concurrent accreditation as ambassador to Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia. He also served as the Chair of the

United Nations Peacebuilding Commission The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) is a United Nations intergovernmental advisory body of both the General Assembly and the Security Council that supports peace efforts in conflict affected countries. A key addition to the capacity ...

and as the president of the executive board of United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women).

Early life

Muhith completed BSS and MSS in Sociology from the University of Dhaka. He joined the Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1993 with 11th batch of BCS (FA) cadre. He did diploma in Arabic language from University of Kuwait.

Career

Muhith served in various Bangladesh missions including Second Secretary at Embassy of Bangladesh in Kuwait, First Secretary at Embassy of Bangladesh in Rome, Counsellor at Doha Embassy of Bangladesh, Counsellor at Permanent Mission of Bangladesh in New York. He was Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington D.C from 2012 to 2015. Then, he joined as the first Ambassador of Bangladesh to Denmark with concurrent accreditation to Estonia and Iceland until 2020.

References

Living people 1966 births University of Dhaka alumni Permanent Representatives of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Iceland Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Denmark Ambassadors of Bangladesh to Estonia {{Bangladesh-diplomat-stub