Muhammad Abdul Muhith has been chosen as the next Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations (UN) in New York. He will be replacing Ms. Rabab Fatima in this capacity.
A career diplomat, Muhammad Abdul Muhith belongs to the 11th batch of BCS (FA) cadre. Currently, he is serving as the Bangladesh Ambassador to Austria and the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Offices and other International Organizations in Vienna, with concurrent accreditation as Ambassador to Hungary, Slovenia and Slovakia. Prior to that, he served as the Bangladesh Ambassador to Denmark and was concurrently accredited to Estonia and Iceland.
Muhith in his distinguished diplomatic career has served in Bangladesh Missions in Kuwait, Rome, Doha, Washington DC as well as in the Permanent Mission to the UN in New York and in the Ministry in different capacities.
Muhith obtained BSS and MSS in Sociology from the University of Dhaka. He also has a Diploma in Arabic Language from the University of Kuwait. He is married and blessed with two daughters.