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Mohammed Abu Zafar (born 1 March 1963) is a Bangladeshi
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and career diplomat. He is the
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Ambassador of Bangladesh to UAE. Earlier, he permanent representative to the UN offices or intergovernmental organizations in
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Early life

Abu Zafar was born on 1 March 1963 of the then
East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...
(now
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). He obtained his BSc from
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SbAU; ) is one of the oldest agriculture educational institutions in South Asia, situated in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was established on 11 December 1938 as Bengal Agricultural Institute ( ...
in Agriculture and
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in
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from
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(IIAP) in Paris, France. He completed his MBA from Preston University.


Career

Abu Zafar served at
Bangladesh Jute Research Institute Bangladesh Jute Research Institute is the oldest mono corporate research institute in Bangladesh, operated by Bangladesh government. History In 1936 the Indian Central Jute Committee established the Jute Agricultural Research Laboratory in Dhaka ...
as a Scientific Officer from July 1987 to November 1989. He also served at the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication as an Assistant Postmaster General from December 1990 to November 1991. He joined the Bangladeshi Foreign Service in 1991.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Abu Zafar 1963 births Living people Ambassadors of Bangladesh to the United Arab Emirates Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University alumni