Foreign Secretary (Bangladesh)


The Foreign Secretary is the most senior diplomat and governmental, non-political official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of the Government of Bangladesh.
The holder of the post heads all functions of their ministry, including the Foreign Service and reports to the Foreign Minister, who is the most senior political figure with responsibilities for Foreign Affairs.
The current Foreign Secretary is Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique. The first Foreign Secretary was Abul Fateh.

List of foreign secretary

No.NameFromTo
1Abul Fateh30.12.197116.01.1972
2Sayyid Anwarul Karim17.01.197214.07.1972
3Enayet Karim14.07.197216.02.1974
4Fakhruddin Ahmed22.10.197415.11.1975
5Tabarak Hussain15.11.197506.09.1978
6Shah A M S Kibria06.12.197802.05.1981
7Humayun Rashid Choudhury16.06.198101.06.1982
8A.H. Ataul Karim01.06.198207.10.1984
9Faruq Ahmed Choudhury07.10.198417.07.1986
10Fakhruddin Ahmed17.07.198608.05.1987
11A. K. M. Nazrul Islam09.05.198719.07.1988
12Mohammed Mohsin19.07.198825.06.1989
13A.K.H Morshed25.06.198921.10.1989
14Abul Ahsan05.11.198919.09.1991
15Reaz Rahman19.09.199113.12.1993
16M.R. Osmany13.12.199309.02.1995
17Farooq Sobhan07.03.199516.09.1997
18Mustafizur Rahman16.09.199727.02.1999
19C.M Shafi Sami23.03.199926.01.2001
20Syed Muazzem Ali11.03.200117.07.2001
21Shamsher M. Chowdhury BB24.10.200117.03.2005
22Hemayet Uddin17.03.200510.12.2006
23Md. Touhid Hossain17.12.200608.07.2009
24Mohammed Mijarul Quayes09.07.200902.12.2012
25Shahidul Haque10.01.201330.12.2019
26Masud Bin Momen31.12.201901.09.2024
27Md. Jashim Uddin
08.09.2024		23.05.2025
28Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique23.05.202519.06.2025
29Asad Alam Siam20.06.2025