M Shahidul Islam

Shahidul Islam joined the Foreign Service cadre of Bangladesh Civil Service in 1985.^[5]

In 1992, Shahidul Islam was the second secretary at the Deputy High Commission of Bangladesh in Kolkata and became the first secretary in 1994.^[4]

In 1996, Shahidul Islam was a counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN Office & Other International Organizations in Geneva.^[4]

Shahidul Islam was a director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the European Division in 1999 and in 2000 in the officer of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.^[4]

In 2001, Shahidul Islam was appointed a counsellor in the Bangladesh Embassy in Washington D.C. and in 2004 became the deputy chief of the mission.^[4]

From 2004 to 2008, Shahidul Islam was the director general of The Americas and the Pacific Ocean wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[4] He was then appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to South Korea in 2008 and served till 2012.^[4] He was then appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to France.^[4]

Shahidul Islam was appointed the secretary general of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation on 11 August 2017.^[6][7] Before this appointment he was stationed as the ambassador of Bangladesh to France.^[8]

On 3 September 2020, Shahidul Islam was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to the United States.^[5] He replaced Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin.^[9] He is also the ambassador of Bangladesh to Colombia.^[10] He joined the embassy on 18 January 2021.^[11] The government has scrapped his the contractual appointment from 1 September 2022.^[12]

Shahidul Islam is married to Jesmeen Islam with whom he has two children.^[3][13]