New Permanent Representative of Bangladesh Presents Credentials to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva

Riaz Hamidullah, the new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Office at Geneva, today presented his credentials to Tatiana Valovaya, the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Prior to his appointment to Geneva, Mr. Hamidullah had been serving as High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India since April 2025. He served as High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka from 2016 to 2020.  He was Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands from July 2020 to August 2024, with concurrent accreditation to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. While in the Netherlands, he also served as Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the International Criminal Court, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and other bodies.

A career diplomat, Mr. Hamidullah joined Bangladesh’s diplomatic service in 1995.  He served at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York from 1999 to 2003, and at the High Commission of Bangladesh in New Delhi from 2003 to 2005.  Between 2005 and 2011, he worked on South Asian regional cooperation, including a stint at the Secretariat of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. He has held various other posts at the Foreign Ministry Headquarters, including as Director-General for Multilateral Economic Affairs from 2013 to 2016.  He is married with two sons. 

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