Liaquat Ali Chowdhury
Bangladeshi diplomat
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Liaquat Ali Choudhury is a Bangladeshi diplomat and former High Commissioner to India.[1][2][3]
Liaquat Ali Chowdhury | |
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লিয়াকত আলী চৌধুরী | |
| High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India | |
| In office 28 May 2005 – 6 May 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Hemayet Uddin |
| Succeeded by | Tariq Ahmed Karim |
| Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands | |
| In office 7 August 2003 – 20 May 2005 | |
| Preceded by | F. A. Shamim Ahmed |
| Succeeded by | Ismat Jahan |
Career
Choudhury was the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands from 7 August 2003 to 20 May 2005.[4] He had succeeded F. A. Shamim Ahmed and was replaced by Ismat Jahan.[4] He was then appointed the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India.[5] He held the rank of secretary.[6] Tariq Ahmed Karim succeeded Chowdhury as High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India in 2009.[7]
In June 2007, Choudhury was considered a candidate for the post of secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs along with M. Humayun Kabir.[8] The post had been empty since Hemayet Uddin left it for the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation and Minzur Rahim served as replacement for a short while.[8]
Choudhury is an Advisory Board member of the Shailan Probeen Nibash.[9]
