Shah Ahmed Shafi appointed Bangladesh High Commissioner to South Africa

Shah Ahmed Shafi has been appointed as the new Bangladesh High Commissioner to South Africa.  

A foreign ministry’s press release said this on Thursday. 

Currently he is serving as an Additional Foreign Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka. He is now responsible for the bilateral affairs related to the East European countries and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Shafi, a career diplomat belonging to the 17th batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) cadre, joined Bangladesh Foreign Service in 1998. 

Prior to that, he served at the Foreign Service Academy, Dhaka as Director General. 

Earlier, he also served at the National Defence College, Dhaka as a Senior Directing Staff. 

In his diplomatic career, he served in different capacities in Bangladesh Missions in Nairobi, Los Angeles, Paris and New Delhi.

He also played role as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Bangladesh Embassy in Beijing. 

Ambassador-designate Shah Ahmed Shafi holds Master’s degree in Sociology department from the University of Dhaka. 

He did another Master’s in International Relations from the International Institute of Public Administration (IIAP) in Paris.