The government has appointed Dr Khalilur Rahman, current additional foreign secretary and chief coordinator for the Corona Cell in the Foreign Ministry, as the next high commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada.
Khalilur is a career foreign service officer belonging to the 1985 batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre, said the Foreign Ministry on Sunday.
In his diplomatic career, he served in various capacities in the ministry as well as in the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi and Bangladesh’s Permanent Mission in Geneva.
He also served in senior positions in the World Health Organization (WHO) on lien.
Khalilur obtained an MBBS degree from Rajshahi Medical College.
He also obtained his MA in International Relations and Diplomacy from L’Ecole Nationale d’Administration, MPhil in International Organization from Sorbonne University in Paris and PhD in Public Health from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.
