The Foreign Secretary is the most senior diplomat and governmental, non-political official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Government of Bangladesh.
The holder of the post heads all functions of their ministry, including the Foreign Service (also called Diplomatic Service) and reports to the Foreign Minister, who is the most senior political figure with responsibilities for Foreign Affairs.
The current Foreign Secretary is Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique. The first Foreign Secretary was Abul Fateh.
List of foreign secretary
No. Image Name From To 1 Abul Fateh 30.12.1971 16.01.1972 2 Sayyid Anwarul Karim 17.01.1972 14.07.1972 3 Enayet Karim 14.07.1972 16.02.1974 4 Fakhruddin Ahmed 22.10.1974 15.11.1975 5 Tabarak Hussain 15.11.1975 06.09.1978 6 Shah A M S Kibria 06.12.1978 02.05.1981 7 Humayun Rashid Choudhury 16.06.1981 01.06.1982 8 A.H. Ataul Karim 01.06.1982 07.10.1984 9 Faruq Ahmed Choudhury 07.10.1984 17.07.1986 10 Fakhruddin Ahmed 17.07.1986 08.05.1987 11 A. K. M. Nazrul Islam 09.05.1987 19.07.1988 12 Mohammed Mohsin 19.07.1988 25.06.1989 13 A.K.H Morshed 25.06.1989 21.10.1989 14 Abul Ahsan 05.11.1989 19.09.1991 15 Reaz Rahman 19.09.1991 13.12.1993 16 M.R. Osmany 13.12.1993 09.02.1995 17 Farooq Sobhan 07.03.1995 16.09.1997 18 Mustafizur Rahman 16.09.1997 27.02.1999 19 C.M Shafi Sami 23.03.1999 26.01.2001 20 Syed Muazzem Ali 11.03.2001 17.07.2001 21 Shamsher M. Chowdhury 24.10.2001 17.03.2005 22 Hemayet Uddin 17.03.2005 10.12.2006 23 Md. Touhid Hossain 17.12.2006 08.07.2009 24 Mohammed Mijarul Quayes 09.07.2009 02.12.2012 25 Shahidul Haque 10.01.2013 30.12.2019 26 Masud Bin Momen 31.12.2019 01.09.2024 27 Md. Jashim Uddin 08.09.2024 23.05.2025 28 Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique 23.05.2025 19.06.2025 29 Asad Alam Siam 20.06.2025
References
External links Ministry of Foreign Affairs official website Rules of Business of Ministry of Foreign Affairs List of former Foreign Secretaries of Bangladesh