Sufiur Rahman made as chief advisor’s special assistant

Career diplomat Mohammad Sufiur Rahman has been appointed as Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus’s special assistant to the foreign ministry. He will receive the rank of Minister of State.

Ministry of foreign affairs issued a notification in this regard on Sunday (April 20).

According to the notification, Sufiur Rahman has been given the executive powers of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assist the Adviser in accordance with Section 3-B of the Government Rules of Business 1996.

Sufiur, an officer in the 9th batch of BCS foreign affairs cadre, joined the government service in January 1990.

He served as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office in Geneva and Ambassador to Switzerland, Australia, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.