Muhammad Abdul Muhith

Muhith completed a BSS and MSS in Sociology from the University of Dhaka.^[3] He joined the Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1993 with the 11th batch of BCS (FA) cadre.^[3] He holds a diploma in the Arabic language from the University of Kuwait.^[4]

Muhith served in various Bangladesh missions, including as second secretary at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Kuwait, first secretary at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Rome, counsellor at the Doha Embassy of Bangladesh, and counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh in New York.^[3] He was Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington D.C from 2012 to 2015.^[5] Then, he joined as the first Ambassador of Bangladesh to Denmark with concurrent accreditation to Estonia and Iceland until 2020.^[6][3] He then served as the Bangladesh ambassador to Austria with concurrent accreditation as ambassador to Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia.^[3]

In July 2022 he became Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. He has since then served as the Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission and as the president of the executive board of United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women).^[7] He was elected President of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA, and UNOPS for 2024.^[8]

As representative, he has expressed concern about the atrocities and the death toll during the Gaza war, and called for an immediate ceasefire and welcomed the ruling of the International Court of Justice.^[9]