F. A. Shamim Ahmed

Ahmed was born in 1948.^[4] He completed his undergrad and graduate studies in sociology from the University of Dhaka.^[4]

Ahmed joined the University of Chittagong as a lecturer.^[4] He joined the foreign service branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1974.^[4]

Ahmed played a crucial role in the signing of the Ganges Water Treaty in 1997 between India and Bangladesh.^[4] From 1997 to 2000, he was the Deputy Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations.^[4] He was the Consul General of Bangladesh in New York.^[4]

Ahmed was the Director General of the South Asia desk in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[4] He was the Counsellor Alternate Permanent Representative to FAO Rome.^[5]

From 1 May 2001 to 23 May 2003, Ahmed was the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands.^[6] He had succeeded Gyash Uddin as ambassador and was replaced by Liaquat Ali Choudhury.^[6]

From 30 May 2003 to 4 May 2007, Ahmed was the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan.^[4] He called for Pakistan to reduce tariff on Bangladeshi exports during a trip by Foreign Secretary Shamsher M Chowdhury.^[7] The Minister of Foreign Affairs M Morshed Khan visited Pakistan while he was posted.^[8] He retired in May.^[4] He served as the Director of the Centre for Foreign Affairs Studies.^[9] He founded the centre after his retirement with Ambassador Ashfaqur Rahman and Ambassador M Serajul Islam.^[10]

Ahmed is a director of GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited and GSP Investments Limited.^[11] He is a member of the Officers Club, Dhaka.^[12]