Ambassador M. Serajul Islam

A career diplomat, Ambassador Serajul Islam started his career in the erstwhile Pakistan Foreign Service. He has been posted in Bangladesh Missions in Canberra, New Delhi, Washington and Beijing. His two Ambassadorial assignments have been to Egypt (1999-2002) and Japan (2002-2006). At headquarters, he served as Director-General, South Asia and Far East.

Prior to joining the Pakistan Foreign Service, Ambassador Islam taught Political Science at the University of Dhaka as a Lecturer after graduating from the same University with a First-Class BA (Honours) degree in 1968 and a MA degree the following year. Ambassador Islam undertook graduate studies in Political Science in the University of Brock, Canada in 1975-76.

In his student days, Ambassador Islam was active in sports. He played cricket for his department in Dhaka University. He captained the Dhaka University Tennis Team in 1968 and 1969. He was awarded a Blue in Tennis by the Salimullah Muslim Hall of Dhaka University in 1969. Ambassador Islam writes weekly columns for the Holiday, The Independent, Daily Sun and Financial Express.

Ambassador Islam is the current President of the Board of Directors, Archer Kent Blood Center for Civil and Political Rights, Inc. He is based in Virginia, USA.