Mehdi Hasan (diplomat)

Hasan earned a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and a Master’s in Water Resource Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.^[4] He also obtained a diploma (Master’s) in International Relations from the École nationale d'administration.^[5][4]

Hasan is a career foreign service officer belonging to the 17th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service in the Foreign Affairs cadre.^[4][6] He served as Director General (Administration) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[4]

Hasan served as the Consul General at the Bangladesh Consulate in Hong Kong and as Counsellor at the Bangladesh Embassy in Manama, Bahrain.^[4] He also worked at the Bangladesh Missions in Moscow and New Delhi.^[4] In March 2022, he was appointed Ambassador of Bangladesh to Sweden,^[7][4] and concurrently accredited as his country's ambassador to Finland.^[8] He accompanied the State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam to the Oslo Forum in 2023.^[9]