The government has appointed AFM Gousal Azam Sarker, currently serving as ambassador to Sweden, as the new ambassador of Bangladesh to Lebanon.
A career diplomat, Azam Sarker belongs to the 1986 batch of BCS (Foreign Affairs) Cadre.
In his diplomatic career besides ambassadorship in Sweden, he served in Bangladesh Embassies in Paris, Kathmandu and Cairo and Bangladesh Consulate General in Hong Kong in various capacities.