Ismat Jahan
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Ismat Jahan | |
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 Jahan at the European Union in Brussels in 2009 | |
| Head of the Permanent Observer Mission of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to the European Union | |
| Assumed office July 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Agshin Mehdiyev |
| Bangladesh Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union | |
| In office 25 August 2009 – 3 September 2016 | |
| Preceded by | A. H. M. Moniruzzaman |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Shahdat Hossain |
| Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations | |
| In office 2007–2009 | |
| President | Iajuddin Ahmed |
| Preceded by | Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury |
| Succeeded by | Abulkalam Abdul Momen |
| Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands | |
| In office 5 August 2005 – 13 June 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Liaquat Ali Choudhury |
| Succeeded by | Mizanur Rahman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) Bangladesh |
Ismat Jahan (born 3 June 1960) is a Bangladeshi diplomat who is currently serving as the permanent observer of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to the European Union. From 2009 to 2016, she was the ambassador of Bangladesh to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union and from 2007 to 2009, she was the ambassador and permanent representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations.[1][2]
A career diplomat of the 1982 batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (foreign affairs) cadre, Jahan had her education in the University of Dhaka with an honours and a master's in economics.
Later, Jahan did her MA in law and diplomacy from The Fletcher School, Tufts University. She was also a fellow in the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University in the United States.[3]