Shamsher mobin chowdhury biography

Shamsher M. Chowdhury Bir Bikrom is a Bangladeshi diplomat and served as the Foreign Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs from October 2001 to March 2005.
Shamsher Mubin Chowdhury, Bir Bikram, was born in Chittagong on May 1, 1950.
Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh.

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Shamsher M. ChowdhuryBir Bikrom is a Bangladeshi diplomat and served as the Foreign Secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs from October 2001 to March 2005.^[1] He also served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka, Germany, Vietnam and United States.^[1]

Background[]

Chowdhury was born in 1950 to Abdul Mubeen Chowdhury and Tahmeed-un-Nahar. His paternal home is in Sylhet District. He graduated with Bachelor of Arts degree from the Pakistan Military Academy and was commissioned in the Pakistan Army in 1969. He served in Jessore and Chittagong during his career with the Pakistan Army. Chowdhury actively participated in the War of Liberation of Bangladesh in 1971 and, for his bravery, was awarded the Gallantry Award "Bir Bikram" (BB). He attended the Senior Staff Course from 1988 to 1991 in the Public Administrative Training Centre in Savar and passed with distinction.^[2] Chowdhury speaks German and Italian, and has working knowledge of French.

Career[]

Chowdhury joined the Bangladesh Civil Service (Foreign Affairs) in January 1975. After se

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Harun Ahmed Chowdhury

Harun Ahmed Chowdhury is a retired Major General of the Bangladesh Army. He was the first High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the Maldives. He had served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Cyprus and Serbia. He is a veteran of the Bangladesh Liberation War and was awarded Bir Uttom, the second-highest military award for individual gallantry.^[1]

Early Life and Education

Chowdhury was born on 6 November 1945 in Noakhali District, Bengal, British India. His father was Justice Abdus Sobhan Chowdhury. He passed his matriculation from Jessore Zilla School in 1960. He completed his intermediate from Dinajpur Government College in 1962. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dhaka College in 1964. At the same year he joined the Pakistan Army.^[2]

Career

Chowdhury joined the Pakistan Military Academy as a cadet in 1964. He was commissioned in 5th East Bengal Regiment in 1966. Later he was deputed to East Pakistan Rifles. He was a captain of the 17th wing of the East Pakistan Rifles in 1971.^[3]^[4]

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Trinamool BNP Chairman Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury detained

Police detectives have detained Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury, the chairman of the Trinamool BNP, following a raid at his home in Dhaka.

He was apprehended from his Banani DOHS residence on Thursday and taken to the DB offices, according to Joint Commissioner Rabiul Hossain Bhuiyan of the Detective Branch.

However, the authorities did not immediately disclose the grounds for his detention or whether he will be formally charged.

Earlier in the day, a DB team conducted a raid at his residence.

On Wednesday, law enforcement at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka stopped Shamsher and his wife from traveling to Thailand.

Shamsher, a former foreign secretary, had previously served as the vice chairman of the BNP, resigning from all party positions in 2015.

In 2018, he joined the Bikalpadhara Bangladesh, led by former president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury.

In September, ahead of the 2023 national elections, he was appointed chairman of the Trinamool BNP.