Rafiq Ahmed Khan

Rafiq Ahmed Khan is a retired diplomat and former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada.[1] He was the Consul General of Bangladesh in New York City.[2]

Career

Khan served as a personal assistant in the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations in 1967.[3] In 1978, he was the first secretary of the Bangladesh High Commission to the United Kingdom.[4] He served in the permanent mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations.[5][6] He was the Director General of Europe and the West Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[7]

Khan served as the consul general of Bangladesh in New York City.[8]

In April 2004, Khan was appointed High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada, replacing Mohsin Ali Khan.[9] In 2005, the government gave him and Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, a one-year extension.[10] He deposited an instrument of accession for Bangladesh to the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives.[11] According to RTV, he prevented the return of Noor Chowdhury, convicted assassin of President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the 15 August 1975 Bangladeshi coup d'état.[12] The coup led to Khan's foster father, Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad, becoming the President of Bangladesh.[12][13] In March 2008, A. M. Yakub Ali replaced him as the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Canada.[9]

Personal life

Khan's foster father was Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad.[12] He married Juyena.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Presentation of credentials at Rideau Hall". Service Canada. 2015-10-13. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  2. ^ Foreign Consular Offices in the United States, 1996. DIANE Publishing. April 1998. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-7881-4003-7.
  3. ^ Employees of Permanent Missions to the United Nations. United States Mission to the United Nations. 1967. p. 28.
  4. ^ A Year Book of the Commonwealth. H.M. Stationery Office. 1978. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-11-580212-6.
  5. ^ Nations, United (1988). Permanent Missions and Delegations to the United Nations. United Nations. p. 23.
  6. ^ Official Records. UN. 1987. p. 128.
  7. ^ Committee, Great Britain Parliament House of Commons Foreign Affairs (1996). The Future Role of the Commonwealth: Report, together with the proceedings of the Committee. H.M. Stationery Office. pp. lxxiii. ISBN 978-0-10-224396-3.
  8. ^ "Major shake-ups at foreign missions". The Daily Star. 6 November 2003. Archived from the original on 2025-04-09. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  9. ^ a b "Roll of Honour". ottawa.mofa.gov.bd. Archived from the original on 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  10. ^ "Dr Iftekhar, Rafiq Khan get extension". The Daily Star. 3 October 2005. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  11. ^ "Deposit by Bangladesh on 16 August 2005". International Civil Aviation Organization. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  12. ^ a b c "Bangabandhu's murderer Noor Chowdhury is expected to be returned". rtvonline.com. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  13. ^ "Ahmad, Khondakar Mostaq - Banglapedia". en.banglapedia.org. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  14. ^ "The Ottawa Citizen from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada". Newspapers.com. 2004-07-21. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
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