Mahbub Uz Zaman, currently serving as Secretary (Asia and Pacific) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been appointed as the new Bangladesh Ambassador to China.
A career foreign service officer, Zaman belongs to the 1985 batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday.
In his diplomatic career of over 30 years, he earlier served as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Singapore and Sri Lanka.
According to a UNB report, he also worked in various capacities in Bangladesh permanent missions in Geneva, New York as well as Bangladesh missions in Tokyo, Ottawa and New Delhi. At the headquarters, he has been serving as Secretary (Asia and Pacific) since December 2016.
Zaman obtained his Bachelor (Honours) and Master’s degrees in Economics from Dhaka University.
