- Source: M. Riaz Hamidullah
M. Riaz Hamidullah is a Bangladeshi diplomat and the Additional Foreign Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was Bangladesh's ambassador to the Netherlands. He is a former High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka. He was a Director in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Secretariat.
Early life
Hamidullah completed his undergrad in economics at the Aligarh Muslim University in 1993. He completed his masters in economics at the University of Dhaka in 1995.
Career
Hamidullah joined the Foreign Service cadre of 15th batch of Bangladesh Civil Service in 1995. From 1999 to 2003, he worked at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations. From 2003 to 2005, he was stationed at the High Commission of Bangladesh in India.
Hamidullah served as director of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Secretariat in Kathmandu from 1 February 2008 to 4 July 2011. He replaced Tareque Mohammed and was replaced by Md. Sufiur Rahman.
In 2011, Hamidullah was appointed Director General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In October 2016, Hamidullah was appointed High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka replacing Tarik Ahsan. He served till July 2020 and was replaced by Tareq Md Ariful Islam.
On 6 July 2020, Hamidullah was appointed Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands. He is concurrently ambassador of Bangladesh to Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is also the ambassador of Bangladesh to Croatia. He organized an event to mark International Mother Language Day in 2024 on the campus of Leiden University. He was the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. In June 2024, Tareque Muhammad, the Bangladeshi high commissioner to Kenya, was appointed Ambassador of Bangladesh to the Netherlands to replace Hamidullah.