Personal and Professional Profile

Name : H.E. Mr. Abdul Ghaffar Bin Abdul Karim Al-Bulushi

Date of Birth : 03/12/1964

Present position : Ambassador, Head of Mission.

Academic Qualifications: Obtained Bachelor Degree in Political Science from the University of Arizona.

Professional Experience:

• Year 1988 : Appointed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and later joined the Cabinet of the Ministry.

• Year 1990 : Transferred to the Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman, Washington.
• Year 1998 : Deputy Head of Mission at the Permanent Representative of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations Commission in Geneva.

• Year 2004 : Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman, Berlin
• Year 2012 : Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Sultanate of Oman, Rome.
• Year 2018 : Minister Plenipotentiary at the Minister’s Office

Courses undertaken:

• Second Meeting of the Contact Group to combat the Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS)

• “NATO and the Middle East” at the Institute of Near East and Gulf Military Analysis

• Consultancies on political issues between Sultanate of Oman and Germany
• Annual Meeting of the Arab-German Economic Forum

Participation’s : Participated many Meetings and Seminars

Languages known: Arabic and English

Social Status : Happily married having four children

Mr. Ghanshyam Bhandari

Ambassador of Nepal to Bangladesh

Ambassador Mr. Ghanshyam Bhandari assumed his responsibilities as Ambassador of Nepal to the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh on 31 July 2022.

Prior to this appointment, he was Joint Secretary/Head of Regional Organization Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal from July 2021 to July 2022.

From September 2019 until July 2021, he served as Deputy Permanent Representative at the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the UN in New York. He worked as Joint Secretary/Head of Europe and America Division at Ministry of Foreign Affairs from June 2017 to September 2019.

Mr. Bhandari served as Deputy Chief of Mission (including Charge d’ Affaires, a.i., from April 2016 to November 2016) at the Mission/Embassy of Nepal to the European Union and the BENELUX Countries in Brussels from September 2015 to May 2017. He was Under Secretary at the United Nations, International Organizations, and International Law Division of the Ministry from May 2014 to September 2015.

He also worked as Second Secretary at Permanent Mission of Nepal to the UN and other International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland, from November 2012 to April 2014. As Section Officer, he served at the United Nations, International Organizations, and International Law Division of the Ministry from August 2010 to October 2012. Prior to joining Foreign Service of Nepal, he served as a Lecturer for master’s level at Central Department of English of Tribhuvan University in Katmandu from February 2006 to July 2010.

Mr. Bhandari holds Master of Philosophy (M. Phil) in English Studies and a master’s degree in Political Science, both obtained from Tribhuvan University of Nepal. Born on 11 October 1978 in Gulmi, Nepal, he is married to Ms. Lalita Silwal and they have two children.

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Sources: Collected from the Website of Embassy of Nepal in Bangladesh

Curriculum Vitae

Mr. Achim Troester was born on 31st January 1959 in Dortmund, Germany.
He is married and has one child.

Biography of H.E. Mr. Yao Wen

H.E. Mr. Yao Wen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, male, Han ethnicity. Born in August 1973. Graduated with a Master’s degree in Law. Member of the Communist Party of China.

Sources: Collected from the Website of the People’s Republic of China in Bangladesh

H.E. Yousef S. Y. Ramadan

AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY & PLENIPOTENTIARY
Embassy of the State of Palestine, Dhaka-Bangladesh

Date of Birth : 31 DECEMBER, 1960

Nationality : Palestinian

Education: BACHELORS DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

Work History :

• THIRD SECRETARY, DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN, 1983-1986
• SECOND SECRETARY, DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN NORTH KOREA , 1986-1992
• FIRST SECRETARY, DIPLOMATIC MISSION IN ZIMBABWE, 1992-1993
• FIRST SECRETARY AND CONSULAR, MINISTER IN CHINA, 1993-2010
• DEPUTY HEAD OF DIPLOMATIC MISSION, ABU DHABI, 2010-2012
• DEPUTY HEAD OF DIPLOMATIC MISSION, BANGLADESH, 2014-2015
• AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY & PLENIPOTENTIARY, BANGLADESH, 2015-Present

Sources: Collected from the Website of the Embassy of the State of Palestine, Dhaka-Bangladesh

Seraya Ali Al-Qahtani

Ambassador Plenipotentiary and Extraordinary of the State of Qatar to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh since 12 February 2022.

Date of Birth: 7 January 1971.

Educational Qualification

• Bachelor of Science and Education (Biology) in 1998 at Qatar University.

Work Experience

• Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993.
• Worked in the Protocol Department from 1993-1999.
• Participated in the 55th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2000.
• Worked in the Minister’s office from 1999 – 2002.
• Worked at the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Senegal from 2002- 2005.
• Worked at the Consulate General of the State of Qatar in Dubai from 2005-2010.
• Worked at the Department of Cooperation Council Affairs from 2010-2013.
• Worked as the Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the Republic of Senegal and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea Conakry and Guinea-Bissau from 2013 – 2019.
• Appointed as the Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh from 12/02/2022 till date.
• Participated in many regional and international conferences.
• Received the rank of Ambassador in 2015.
• Obtained the highest financial rank of the Ambassador on 01/05/2022.

Marital Status

• Married and blessed with 6 sons and 5 daughters

Sources: Collected from the Website of Qatar Embassy In Dhaka.

Pranay Verma assumed the office of the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh on 21 September 2022.

He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1994 and has held diplomatic assignments in Hong Kong, San Francisco, Beijing, Kathmandu, Washington DC and Hanoi.

Before arriving in Dhaka, High Commissioner Verma served as the Ambassador of India to Vietnam since July 2019.

Earlier, he held the position of Joint Secretary of the East Asia Division at the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi from June 2017 to July 2019; and of Joint Secretary for External Relations at the Department of Atomic Energy in Mumbai from October 2014 to June 2017. He served as Staff Officer to Foreign Secretary and Director in-charge of climate change negotiations during 2009-2010.

Pranay Verma has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds a Master’s degree from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, U.S. Before joining the Indian Foreign Service, he started his professional career as a Graduate Trainee at India’s steel manufacturing company, Tata Steel.

He and his wife Manu have a son and a daughter.

Sources: Collected from the Website of High Commission of India, Bangladesh