Shahabuddin Ahmed (ambassador)

Ahmed was born in 1960 in Bhola District, East Pakistan, Pakistan.^[4] He did his bachelor's degree and master's in soil sciences from the University of Dhaka in 1981 and 1982 respectively.^[4][5] He has a second master's in development finance from the University of Birmingham.^[4]

Ahmed joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1986.^[4]

In September 2009, Ahmed was promoted from senior assistant secretary to deputy secretary.^[6]

Ahmed was appointed the acting secretary of the Ministry of Food in December 2017 from the Ministry of Finance.^[7] From December 2017 to December 2019, Ahmed was the secretary of the Ministry of Food.^[4][8] In April 2019, he visited Harvard University to attend a Leadership in Crises executive program paid for by a project for a capacity building for civil servants.^[9] He took his family with him whose expenses were paid by him.^[9]

Ahmed was appointed the ambassador of Bangladesh to Japan in March 2020 while on post retirement leave for a three-year term.^[10][11] He replaced Ambassador Rabab Fatima who was appointed the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations.^[10] He inaugurated the Bangladesh booth at the Fashion World Tokyo and urged more investment from Japan in Bangladesh.^[12] He has urged Japan to recruit more workers from Bangladesh.^[13] He was terminated after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government.^[14]