Dhaka, 20 July 2020:

The Government has decided to appoint Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique, currently serving as the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Portugal, as the next High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan.

High Commissioner-designate Md. Ruhul  Alam Siddique is a career diplomat belonging to the 11^th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Foreign Affairs cadre. In his distinguished diplomatic career, Mr. Siddique served in various capacities in Foreign Ministry and Bangladesh Missions in Singapore, Berlin, New Delhi and Karachi.

Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique obtained his Masters in Public Administration from the University of Dhaka. He also did a Masters in Foreign Affairs and Trade from the Monash University in Australia.

Md. Ruhul Alam Siddique is married.