Muhammad Abdul Muhith

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Muhammad Abdul Muhith
মুহাম্মদ আবদুল মুহিত
File:Muhammad Abdul Muhith.jpg
Muhith in Vienna (2020)
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 2022
Preceded byRabab Fatima
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Austria
In office
22 July 2020 – 21 July 2022
Preceded byAbu Zafar
Succeeded byAsad Alam Siam
Ambassador of Bangladesh to Denmark
In office
31 August 2015 – 14 July 2020
Preceded byPosition created
Succeeded byM Allama Siddiki
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka

Muhammad Abdul Muhith is a Bangladeshi diplomat.[1] He is currently serving as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations (UN) in New York.[2] He previously served in numerous posts for the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a diplomat.

Early life

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Muhith completed a BSS and MSS in Sociology from the University of Dhaka.[3] He joined the Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1993 with the 11th batch of BCS (FA) cadre.[3] He holds a diploma in the Arabic language from the University of Kuwait.[4]

Career

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Muhith served in various Bangladesh missions, including as second secretary at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Kuwait, first secretary at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Rome, counsellor at the Doha Embassy of Bangladesh, and counsellor at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh in New York.[3] He was Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Bangladesh in Washington D.C from 2012 to 2015.[5] Then, he joined as the first Ambassador of Bangladesh to Denmark with concurrent accreditation to Estonia and Iceland until 2020.[6][3] He then served as the Bangladesh ambassador to Austria with concurrent accreditation as ambassador to Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia.[3]

In July 2022 he became Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations. He has since then served as the Chair of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission and as the president of the executive board of United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UN Women).[7] He was elected President of the Executive Board of UNDP, UNFPA, and UNOPS for 2024.[8]

As representative, he has expressed concern about the atrocities and the death toll during the Gaza war, and called for an immediate ceasefire and welcomed the ruling of the International Court of Justice.[9]

References

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