Foreign Service Academy (Bangladesh)
Government Agency of Bangladesh
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Foreign Service Academy is a training academy for foreign service officers of the Bangladesh Civil Service under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1][2]
| Formation | 1 January 1997 |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Coordinates | 23.7402°N 90.4022°E |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Rector | Mashfee Binte Shams |
| Website | mofa.portal.gov.bd |
History
In the 1980s, the foreign service officers were trained at the Foreign Affairs Training Institute which was later merged with the Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy. Foreign Service Academy was established in 1996 by the government of Bangladesh to train foreign service officers after a need for specialized training was recognized.[3] The academy started working from 1 January 1997.[4] On 19 April 2019, the Academy opened a Genocide corner in memory of the Bangladesh genocide during the Bangladesh Liberation war.[5]
Headquarters
The academy was decided to be located at a historic colonial era mansion known as the President's House. In the 1960s, Queen Elizabeth II stayed at the mansion. After the independence of Bangladesh, the mansion was called the Ganabhaban ("People's House") and made the office of then-Prime Minister Sheikh Mujib but after the building of a new Ganabhaban in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar it was converted to a state guest house named Sugandha. In 1996, it became the official headquarters of the Foreign Service Academy.[3][4]
Principals and rectors
Until October 2015, the academy was led by a principal, after that by a rector.[6]
| SL No. | Name | Position | Term start | Term end | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ambassador M. N. I. Chaudhury | Principal (Foreign Affairs Training Institute) | 1981 | 1983 | [7][8] |
| 02 | Ambassador M. R. Osmany | Principal (Foreign Affairs Training Institute) | 1983 | 1984 | [7][8] |
| 03 | Ambassador AKM Jalaluddin | Principal (Foreign Affairs Training Institute) | 1984 | 1985 | [7][8] |
| 04 | Ambassador Humayun Kabir | Principal (Foreign Service Academy) | 1985 | 1988 | [7][8] |
| 05 | Ambassador M. Anwar Hashim | Principal (Foreign Service Academy) | Dec. 1996 | Jan. 1999 | [7][8] |
| 06 | Md. Touhid Hossain | Principal (Foreign Service Academy) | Jan. 1999 | Feb. 2000 | [7][8] |
| 07 | Ambassador Mohiuddin Ahmed | Principal (Foreign Service Academy) | Feb. 2000 | Jan. 2001 | [7][8] |
| 08 | Ambassador Syed Muazzem Ali | Principal (Foreign Service Academy) | Jul. 2001 | Dec. 2001 | [7][8] |
| 09 | Ambassador Jamil Majid | Principal (Foreign Service Academy) | Jun. 2002 | Nov. 2006 | [7][8] |
| 10 | Ambassador Dr. Md. Saiful Amin Khan | Principal (Foreign Service Academy) | Mar. 2007 | Aug. 2007 | [7][8] |
| 11 | Ambassador Shahed Akhter, ndc | Principal (Foreign Service Academy) | Feb. 2008 | May 2009 | [7][8] |
| 12 | Md. Touhid Hossain | Principal (Foreign Service Academy) | Jul. 2009 | Jul. 2012 | [7][8] |
| 13 | Ambassador Mustafa Kamal | Principal (Foreign Service Academy) | Aug. 2012 | Jan. 2015 | [7][8] |
| 14 | Md. Shahidul Haque | Principal (Foreign Service Academy) | Jan. 2015 | Oct. 2015 | [7][8] |
| 15 | Ambassador Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker | Principal (Foreign Service Academy) | Oct. 2015 | Aug. 2019 | [7][8] |
| 16 | Ambassador Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker | Rector | Aug. 2019 | Mar. 2021 | [7][8] |
| 17 | Ambassador Shabbir Ahmad Chowdhury, ndc | Rector | Mar. 2021 | Oct. 2021 | [7][8] |
| 18 | Ambassador Asad Alam Siam | Rector | Nov. 2021 | Jan. 2023 | [7][8] |
| 19 | Ambassador Mashfee Binte Shams | Rector | Jan. 2023 | Present | [7][8] |
