Masud Bin Momen, the current Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, is likely to become the next foreign secretary.
He previously served as Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan and Italy.
The longest-serving Foreign Secretary of the country - M Shahidul Haque - goes on retirement in December, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Meanwhile, current Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan, Rabab Fatima, is going to be the next Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, said a diplomat.
The appointment will be finalized after the upcoming UN General Assembly to be held at the UN headquarters in the last week of the current month, he added.
Masud Momen obtained a bachelor's degree in Economics from Dhaka University.
He holds MSS in Economics from the Dhaka University and a master's degree in International Relations from Tufts University in the United States, and belongs to the 1985 batch of the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) - foreign affairs cadre.
From 1998 to 2001, he was Director in charge of the Foreign Ministry's United Nations Wing and Foreign Secretary's Office in Dhaka.
He served as Director of Poverty Alleviation at the SaarcSecretariat in Kathmandu, Nepal, from 2001 to 2004.
After that, he wasDeputy Commissioner at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, India, from 2004 to 2006.
From 2006 to 2008, he was Director-General for Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, responsible for matters related to South Asia, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc), and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation.
Masud Momen had served as Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme (WFP) and International Fund for Agricultural Development.
Besides, he served in the Bangladesh Permanent Mission in New York and the Bangladesh High Commission in Islamabad in different capacities.
On November 3, 2015, the government appointed Masud Momen as the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations.
The new Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to UN
On the other hand, Fatima, a career diplomat, belongs to the 1986 batch of BCS cadre, returned to the Foreign Ministry after long 10 years as she served on lien with the Commonwealth Secretariat in London and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) from 2006-15.
Earlier, she served in the Bangladesh Permanent Mission to UN in New York, Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, Bangladesh Permanent Mission to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Bangladesh embassy in Beijing in different capacities.
Fatima received her Master’s in International Relations and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA.
In July last year, Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque was promoted to senior secretary of the government. He has been serving as foreign secretary of the government of Bangladesh since January 10, 2013.
He was the chair of the 9th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD).
