John Gomes is a retired two-star rank

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officer and diplomat. He served as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Philippines.

Early life

Gomes graduated from

Notre Dame College, Dhaka Notre Dame College, Dhaka (), also known as NDC, is a catholic higher secondary and degree level educational institution founded and managed by the priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross located in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Upon th ...

and the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

. He graduated from the

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with a master's degree in defence studies and an MBA.

Career

Gomes joined Bangladesh Army in 1977 as an infantry officer. He was an operation manager in the

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. He founded the Morning Glory School and College in

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. Gomes was an accused in the

Assassination of Ziaur Rahman Ziaur Rahman, the sixth president of Bangladesh, was assassinated by a faction of officers of Bangladesh Army, on 30 May 1981, in the southeastern port city of Chittagong. Rahman went to Chittagong to arbitrate in a clash between the local leade ...

case but was acquitted in 1981 and returned to service. He served as the President of Bangladesh Military Christian Fellowship. He is the General Secretary of Notre Dame College Alumni Association. After retiring from the Army he served as the general manager of management support service at

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. In October 2012, Gomes was appointed the Bangladesh Ambassador to the

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. In 2014, he was criticized by the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry for inviting Menashe Bar-On, Head of Mission of Israel in

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, to a private dinner. Bangladesh does not have diplomatic relations with Israel. As ambassador he was tasked with returning US$81 million that were smuggled to Philippines after

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in 2016. In November 2016, the Government of Bangladesh appointed Asad Alam Siam to replace him as the Ambassador to Philippines.

References

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