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| OF MR. M. MORSHED KHAN, M.P. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH  Mr. M. Morshed Khan, Foreign Minister, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, was born on 8 August 1940 in a respected family in Chittagong, Bangladesh. A bright student, Morshed Khan graduated as a Bachelor of Engineering from Tokyo University of Technology and Agriculture in Japan. He then obtained a Post-Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management from Sofia University (International Division), Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Khan chose business and industrial enterprise as his career and soon became well known as one of the foremost successful entrepreneurs in the country. His successes in business and his contribution to the development of the national economy received due recognition within a short time. This has been manifested in the many important appointment and assignments he held as a leader of the business community of Bangladesh over the last three decades. At different times, among others, he has held the following important positions: Alternate Member, governing body of the International Labour Organization (ILO); Founder Chairman, Arab Bangladesh Bank Limited (first private sector bank in Bangladesh); Chairman, Pacific Group of Industries; Chairman, Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Ltd. (first private sector mobile telecommunication operator in Bangladesh); Chairman, Bangladesh Association of Banks, Co-Founder of Global Foundation for Christian-Muslim partnership; unanimously elected member of the Standing Committee of the first International Conference of Asian Political Parties; President, Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industries; and President, Bangladesh Employers’ Federation. Morshed Khan has always taken keen interest in politics. During the earlier tenure of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) from 1991 to 1996 Mr. Khan was appointed Chairman, Special Committee on Foreign Affairs (Morshed Committee) and also Special Envoy of the Prime Minster. Subsequently, he became member of the Advisory council and Vice Chairman, Bangladesh Nationalist Party. He has been elected a Member of Parliament several times. Following the election in 2001 Mr. Khan, M.P. was appointed the Foreign Minister in the Cabinet. He has been a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committees on (I) Public Accounts (ii) Foreign Affairs. Mr.
Morshed Khan is married and has five children (one son, four daughters). |