H.E. Mr. Md. Shahidul Haque

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh

Mr. Md. Shahidul Haque has been serving as Foreign Secretary of the Government of Bangladesh since 2013. He is the Chair-in-office of the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) and serves as an Independent Expert to the Committee on the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) for the term 2014-2017. He is also a member of the Migration Advisory Board of International Organization for Migration (IOM). From 2001 to 2012, Mr. Haque occupied several senior positions at the IOM. Prior to that, he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, having served in Missions in London, Bangkok and Geneva. Mr. Haque has an MA in nternational Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He holds a Master in Social Science and a Bachelor in Social Science with Honors from the University of Dhaka.