The government has decided to appoint Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique, currently serving as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Portugal, as the next high commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan.
Siddique is a career diplomat belonging to the 11th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre, a foreign ministry press release said on Tuesday.
He served in various capacities in foreign ministry and Bangladesh Missions in Singapore, Berlin, New Delhi and Karachi.
He obtained his Masters in Public Administration from the University of Dhaka, before completing another masters degree in foreign affairs and trade from the Monash University in Australia.