Md. Nazmul Quaunine
Bangladeshi diplomat
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Md. Nazmul Quaunine is a Bangladeshi diplomat and former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the United Kingdom.[3][4] He is former ambassador of Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates.[5]
Md. Nazmul Quaunine | |
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Quaunine in 2017 | |
| Ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand | |
| In office 23 November 2018 – 27 September 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Saida Muna Tasneem |
| Succeeded by | Mohammed Abdul Hye |
| Ambassador of Bangladesh to Indonesia | |
| In office 15 February 2013 – 21 October 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Golam Mohammad |
| Succeeded by | Azmal Kabir[1] |
| Ambassador of Bangladesh to United Arab Emirates | |
| In office 26 March 2008 – January 2013 | |
| Succeeded by | A. T. M. Nazimullah Chowdhury[2] |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Dhaka Medical College |
Early life
Quaunine completed his medical degree at the Dhaka Medical College.[6] He studied Diplomacy and International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute.[7]
Career
Quaunine joined the foreign service through the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1985.[6]
Quaunine served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to United Arab Emirates.[8] Under him, the United Arab Emirates stopped issuing all visas to Bangladeshis in October 2012.[8]
In September 2016, Quaunine was appointed the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to the United Kingdom.[7][9] He was serving as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Indonesia.[7]
Quaunine was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Thailand while Saida Muna Tasneem replaced him in United Kingdom.[10][11] He was concurrently accredited as ambassador of Bangladesh to Cambodia.[12] He was the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.[13] In May 2020, he was elected chair of the 76th Commission of Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific.[13]