Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury
Bangladeshi diplomat (born 1969)
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Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury is a Bangladeshi diplomat currently serving as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. He previously held the position of Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal from 2020 until December 2024.[1][2][3] He is the former deputy high commissioner of Bangladesh to India.[4]
Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
| Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations | |
| Assumed office 13 January 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Abdul Muhith |
| Ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal | |
| In office 12 November 2020 – December 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Mashfee Binte Shams |
| Succeeded by | Shafiqur Rahman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 August 1969 |
Early life
Chowdhury was born on 29 August 1969 in Dhaka, East Pakistan, Pakistan.[5] He did his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 1993.[5]
Career
Chowdhury worked in the private sector after his graduation before joining the foreign service branch of the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1998.[5] He worked at the Admin and United Nations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[5] From 2002 to 2005, he was second and first secretary at the High Commission of Bangladesh in Pakistan.[5]
From 2005 to 2007, Chowdhury was stationed at the Bangladeshi consulate in New York City.[5] He then worked at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations.[5] From 2008 to 2010, he was the deputy chief of protocol of visit at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[5] He would also go on to serve as the director of economic affairs and South East Asia.[5]
Chowdhury served as the vice principal of the Bangladesh Foreign Service Academy and director general of external affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[5] From 2014 to 2017, he was the Bangladesh high commissioner in India.[5] In April 2015, he sought information from the Indian government on the rape and murder of a Bangladeshi national in New Delhi.[6] In May 2017, he was transferred from India to China as Deputy Ambassador.[7]
Chowdhury was the director general of administration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2017 to 2020.[5] On 11 November 2020, he was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Nepal.[5][8] During his tenure an agreement on trading power was signed between Bangladesh and Nepal.[9] He oversaw the participation of Bangladesh in the Nepal trade fair.[10] He signed an agreement for Bangladesh to build a Buddhist temple in Nepal.[11] He oversaw the repatriation of a Bangladeshi woman, Ameena Khatun, from Sunsari District of Nepal.[12] Khatun has been missing from 22 years.[12] She was identified and repatriated with the help of Bengali speakers in Sunsari District and officials of National Security Intelligence personnel in Bogra District.[12]