Life Sketch of Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin

Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin, eldest child of late Prof. Dr. Mohammad Asiruddin and Mrs. Shamsun Nahar Asiruddin, passed from Saint Gregory's High School; Intermediate of Arts from Notre Dame College; BA Honors and MA in English Literature from the Dhaka University.

Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin obtained Diploma on Commercial Policy at GATT/ UNCTAD, Geneva; Foreign Service Training in Canberra; and the United States Congressional Fellowship in 1989-90 under the auspices of American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington DC.

Ambassador Ziauddin, after joining the diplomatic service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, served as Third and Second Secretary in Bangladesh High Commission in London; First Secretary in Bangladesh High Commission in Nairobi; Counsellor and Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York. Prior to joining as Bangladesh Ambassador to Italy, he was Director General (International Organizations) in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chief of Protocol to the Government of Bangladesh.

Ambassador Ziauddin was Ambassador to Italy, concurrently in-charge as Bangladesh Ambassador to the Republic of Albania and to the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He was also the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to FAO, WFP, and IFAD.

He is currently Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States of America and concurrently accredited to the Republic of Argentina, Belize, the Republic of Colombia, the Dominican Republic, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. He is the Permanent Representative to the International Seabed Authority located in Jamaica. He is also the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the Organization of American States (OAS).

Prior to joining as Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA, he was Ambassador-at-Large of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with the rank and status of State Minister.

Ambassador Mohammad Ziauddin is married to Yasmeen. They have a son and a daughter.