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Md Shahdat Hossain

Bangladeshi diplomat

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ131290719 ↗
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Md Shahdat Hossain is a Bangladeshi diplomat and former ambassador of Bangladesh to Morocco. He formerly served as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Italy, Qatar, Sri Lanka, and Belgium.

Early life

Hossain completed his bachelors and masters in English Language at the University of Rajshahi.

Career

Hossain joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1984 as a Foreign Affairs cadre. He had worked in the High Commission of Bangladesh, New Delhi, Bangladesh Embassy in Egypt and the High Commission of Bangladesh, Islamabad.

Hossain served as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka from 28 June 2006 to 17 December 2008. In 2009, he was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Qatar. He signed an agreement with Qatar to import liquefied natural gas to Bangladesh. He worked on the trip of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Qatar to attend the US-Islamic World Forum and the 13th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.

In August 2012, Hossain was appointed ambassador of Bangladesh to Italy while he was serving as the ambassador of Bangladesh to Qatar.

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