Muhammad Mahfuzur Rahman (diplomat)

Rahman joined the Bangladesh Foreign Service through the 13th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service.^[3] He served in the embassies of Bangladesh in Myanmar, Kuwait, and Spain, as well as in the High Commission of Bangladesh in Pakistan.^[4]

Rahman was the director general of the American Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from September 2012 to June 2015.^[5]

On 25 December 2014, Rahman was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Poland.^[3] On 23 June 2015, he presented his credentials to President Bronislaw Komorowski of Poland.^[6][7] He concurrently served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Ukraine.^[8] He urged Grzegorz Schetyna, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland to make it easier for Bangladeshi students to get study visas.^[9] In January 2019, he signed a memorandum of understanding with Jagiellonian University to establish the Bangabandhu Centre for Bangladesh Studies.^[10]

Rahman wrote for the Daily Sun that President Mohammed Shahabuddin should be forcefully removed from power for being appointed by the deposed Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.^[11] He said "this clown (Mohammed Shahabuddin) should be removed".^[11]

Rahman is married to Shahnaj Parvin.^[12] They have three children.^[3]