Shahidul Haque (born 31 December 1959) is a Bangladeshi government official and career diplomat who is the 25th and the longest serving

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of Bangladesh. He is a Policy Advisor of the

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Early life

Shahidul Haque was born on 31 December 1959 in

Quetta Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه‎) is the tenth List of cities in Pakistan by population, most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in Geography of Pakistan, south-west of the country close to the ...

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. He graduated and obtained his post graduation degree in Social Welfare from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

. He also obtained a master's degree in

international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...

from the

Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy is the graduate school of international affairs of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts. The School is one of America's oldest graduate schools of international relations and is well-ranked in it ...

in 1988.

Career

Shahidul Haque joined the Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1986. From 1988 to 1995, Shahidul aque was the Assistant Secretary at the South Asia Desk at the Foreign Ministry of Bangladesh. Shahidul Haque served at the Bangladesh High Commission from 1990 to 1994. From 2001 to 2011, Shahidul Haque went on leave and worked at the International Organisation for Migration. On his return to the ministry, Shahidul Haque was made the Director General. On 10 January 2013, Shahidul Haque was appointed the interim Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh. He was promoted and made the full secretary on 18 July 2013. Shahidul Haque was promoted to Senior Secretary on 19 July 2018. His tenure was increased by one year in September. On 31 December 2019, Haque retired and

Masud Bin Momen Masud Bin Momen is the foreign Secretary of Bangladesh. He is a career Bangladeshi diplomat. He served as an Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. He previously served as Bangladesh's Ambassador to Japan and ...

was made the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh. He was the acting President of Bangladesh Foreign Service Association. Shahidul Haque is a senior fellow at the South Asian Institute of Policy and Governance at

North South University North South University ( bn, নর্থ সাউথ বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়, also known as NSU) is a private university based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its business school is the first Bangladeshi university to receive Americ ...

Personal life

Shahidul Haque is married and has two daughters. Shahidul Haque tested positive with COVID-19 during the

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References

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