Tareque Muhammad

Muhmmad did his bachelor's in forestry and environmental science at the University of Chittagong.^[6] He then finished an MBA at the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka.^[6] From 1995 to 1999, he worked at the Forest Department.^[6] He did another master's at University of Leeds in international studies on a Chevening Scholarships.^[6]

Muhammad joined the 18th batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1999 as a foreign service cadre.^[6][7] He has served in Kathmandu, Madrid, New Delhi, and Yangon.^[7]

From 2011 to 2014, Muhmmad was the Director (Bangladesh) of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation.^[6] He was the Director General of South Asia Wing and the Director General of the South East Asia Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[3] He summoned Acting High Commissioner of Pakistan in Dhaka Shah Faisal Kakar over derogatory comments on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on “defence.pk”.^[8] He was the coordinator of the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.^[9] He was the deputy High commissioner of Bangladesh to Myanmar.^[10]

Muhammad was appointed the High commissioner of Bangladesh to Kenya in February 2022.^[11] He is the former consul general of Bangladesh in Los Angeles.^[11] He was also the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme and the United Nations Environment Programme.^[7] In August 2023, he attended the conference of Bangladeshi Ambassadors in Africa held in South Africa where the chief guest was Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.^[12] He attended the Third South Summit in Uganda where Antonio Guterres praised the leadership of Sheikh Hasina to Minister of Foreign Affairs Hasan Mahmud.^[13] He was present at when President William Samoei Ruto visited a factory of Bangladesh Square Pharmaceuticals in Kenya.^[14]

In June 2024, Muhmmad was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands replacing Ambassador M. Riaz Hamidullah.^[3]