The Government has decided to appoint Mr. Muhammad Abdul Muhith as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, New York. He will be replacing Ms. Rabab Fatima in this capacity.
Mr. Muhammad Abdul Muhith, a career diplomat, belongs to the 11th batch of BCS (FA) cadre. Currently, he serves as the Bangladesh Ambassador to Austria and the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Offices and other International Organizations in Vienna, with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to Hungary, Slovenia, and Slovakia. Prior to that, he served as the Bangladesh Ambassador to Denmark and was concurrently accredited to Estonia and Iceland. In his distinguished diplomatic career, Mr. Muhith has served in Bangladesh Missions in Kuwait, Rome, Doha, and Washington DC as well as in the Permanent Mission to the UN in New York and in the Ministry in different capacities.
Mr. Muhammad Abdul Muhith obtained BSS and MSS in Sociology from the University of Dhaka. He also has a diploma in the Arabic language from the University of Kuwait. He is married and blessed with two daughters.