Tarik Ahsan


Tarik Ahsan is a Bangladeshi diplomat. He has been the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan since July 2016. Before this assignment, Tarik Ahsan had been Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka since October 2014.
Tarik Ahsan's tenure as High Commissioner in Islamabad has been marked by tense Bangladesh-Pakistan relations. Despite the odds, Ahsan has made sustained efforts to reduce tension and stabilize the relation between the two countries. He has also reached out to the people of Pakistan to highlight Bangladesh's spirit of war of liberation, its achievements as an independent country and its commitment to peace and development.

Biography

Ahsan began his diplomatic career as the Second Secretary and First Secretary at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the United Nations in New York, USA in the years 1996 to 1999. During this time, he represented Bangladesh in First, Fourth and Sixth Committees of UN General Assembly. Among other overseas assignments, Ahsan was Counsellor at Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 1999 to 2002; Counsellor and Minister at Bangladesh Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia from 2006 to 2008; and Minister and Chargé d'affaires at Bangladesh Embassy in Berlin, Germany from 2008 to 2010. With residence in Berlin, he also looked after Bangladesh's relation with Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Austria. Back to Headquarters, Tarik Ahsan served as the Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from October 2010 to October 2014.